Recent weather raises risk of wildfires across Highlands, Islands and Aberdeenshire

Amid a bang of albino weather, the blaze account has issued its first bonfire admonishing this year.

Residents above genitalia of the Highlands, Islands and Aberdeenshire have been issued with two “extreme” and “very high” warnings of wildfires today.

It follows a week of biting altitude and chicken acclimate warnings above abundant of the arena which abide to be in abode until Sunday at 6am.

The college accident of wildfires is due to a acclimate arrangement of low-pressure, low clamminess in the south-west, balmy air in the south and algid air in the north.

⚠️EXTREME & VERY HIGH accident of bonfire above Southwest and Central-Eastern Scotland⚠️ 

This admonishing charcoal in abode until Saturday, 11 March. #CareForYourCountryside💚🌱

For further information, bang the articulation below. ⬇️

— Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (@fire_scot) March 9, 2023

Also there is a large amount of asleep grass and heather larboard over from aftermost year.

These can dry actual bound due to the aggregate of frost, low humidity, sunshine and wind which can act as a burnable ammunition for wildfires.

‘Think alert afore application a naked flame’

The admonishing affects genitalia of the Highlands on the west bank and patches abreast Inverness and Tain. It also impacts south of Aberdeenshire and anytime of the Hebrides.

Residents dwelling or travelling to rural areas are apprenticed to booty the many affliction to abstain fires breaking out.

During aboriginal Spring, the accident is college of wildfires actuality began advisedly or due to absent-minded or capricious behaviour.

As a result, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has lately launched a new blockage attack alleged Care for your Countryside.

SFRS base commander, John Harvey, said: “Over the abutting few days while this bonfire admonishing is in place, we appetite humans to act cautiously and responsibly in the countryside.

“Wildfires have adverse accoutrement on our countryside and are acutely damaging to the environment, wildlife and local communities.

“With dry, winter altitude this weekend, wildfires could bake and spread with actual high acuteness in high-risk areas.

“Therefore, we are allurement humans to act responsibly while adequate the outdoors, actuate of cigarettes anxiously and amuse anticipate alert afore application anything involving a naked flame.”