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\n\t\tA fire that broke out in Arran in April (Picture: Police Scotland\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tA fire that broke out in Arran in April (Picture: Police Scotland\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n
An extreme risk warning for wildfires has been issues across mainland Scotland<\/a>, as crews battle a 10 acre blaze.<\/p>\n The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) is tackling a major wildfire in Fauldhouse, West Lothian.<\/p>\n It said the blaze covered a wooded area of around 40,000 square metres, which is equivalent to five and a half football pitches in size. <\/p>\n An SFRS spokesperson said: \u2018We received the call at 11.43am.<\/p>\n \u2018We currently have six appliances in attendance plus two special appliances.<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s a large area of trees alight, it\u2019s 200 metres by 200 metres. Crews remain in attendance.\u2019<\/p>\n Earlier the SFRS said dry, warm weather was had heightened the risk for wildfires and asked the public to be careful with naked flames in the countryside. <\/p>\n The latest Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) report, meanwhile, shows water levels in many rives across the country are low due to a lack of rain. <\/p>\n \t\t The extreme risk warning for fires is in place until Monday.<\/p>\n A number of fires broke out in Scotland last month.<\/p>\n Almost 30,000 trees were destroyed on Arran, while campers and hikers had to be evacuated <\/a>from Glentrool in Galloway have.<\/p>\n The fires came after temperatures reached 23C on April 5, which was the hottest day of the year. <\/p>\n Scotland experiences on average 170 wildfires each year, 80% of which are between March and May.<\/p>\n Most are started by people. <\/p>\n Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n For more stories like this, <\/strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow![\"COLINTRAIVE,](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SEI_247060318-111a.jpg\")
\n\t\tA helicopter dousing a wild fire with water on the Isle of Bute in April (Picture: 2025 Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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