Overview

• The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted around 4:05 pm on Sunday after a gorse fire broke out on Crow Hill and quickly spread across the slopes of Arthur’s Seat.
• Four fire appliances and specialist resources have been deployed, with crews working through the night into Monday morning to contain the blaze.
• Thick plumes of smoke have been visible for miles across Edinburgh, prompting Police Scotland to advise motorists and pedestrians to avoid Holyrood Park.
• No casualties have been reported and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
• Arthur’s Seat, a 251-meter extinct volcano popular with tourists, has endured several wildfires in recent years during unusually dry summer conditions.