{"id":335314,"date":"2025-08-11T08:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/335314\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T08:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:59:16","slug":"firefighters-dampen-down-hotspots-after-battling-blaze-at-edinburgh-landmark-arthurs-seat-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/335314\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters dampen down hotspots after battling blaze at Edinburgh landmark Arthur’s Seat | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A large gorse fire that spread across Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh has been brought under control by firefighters working through the night.<\/p>\n

Emergency crews were alerted to the blaze in Holyrood Park on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

In an update on Monday morning, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said two appliances remain at the scene and are helping crews to dampen down hotspots.<\/p>\n

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There have been no reported casualties.<\/p>\n

Smoke could be seen billowing into the sky from the hill, an extinct volcano, just a short distance from Edinburgh’s historic Old Town to the southeast of the city centre.<\/p>\n

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Climbing Arthur’s Seat to enjoy views of the city is a popular activity for tourists and locals alike. Reports suggested people could be seen running to safety as the fire spread.<\/p>\n

The cause of the blaze is currently unclear.<\/p>\n

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A SFRS spokesperson said the alarm was raised at about 4.05pm on 10 August.<\/p>\n

They added: “Operations control mobilised four fire appliances and specialist resources to a fire affecting a large area of gorse.<\/p>\n

“Two fire appliances currently remain at the scene where crews are continuing to dampen down hotspots.<\/p>\n

“There are no reported casualties at this time.<\/p>\n

“Members of the public are advised to stay away from the area.”<\/p>\n

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Edinburgh is especially busy this month thanks to the return of annual festivals, including the Fringe.<\/p>\n

This weekend has also seen Oasis fans descend on the Scottish capital as Liam and Noel Gallagher’s band performed two nights at Murrayfield Stadium. The band will return to Murrayfield’s stage for a third show on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A large gorse fire that spread across Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh has been brought under control by firefighters…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-335314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115009314574238431","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}