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In pictures: Scotland's four-day battle with wildfires

Carrbridge Community Fire Station Flames burn brightly among moorland and pine trees in darkness.Carrbridge Community Fire Station
Firefighters and volunteers have been tackling incidents since Saturday.

Firefighters are at the scene of wildfires on moorland in the north of Scotland for the fourth day in a row.

There have been multiple incidents in the Highlands and neighbouring Moray since Saturday, when a blaze broke out on Dava Moor, just north of Grantown-on-Spey.

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) crews have also tackled fires near Carrbridge, and an incident that started on Monday morning in the Dallas area near Forres.

SFRS said eight fire appliances were at various locations to extinguish pockets of fire from Nairn in the Highlands to Knockando in Moray on Tuesday.

Carrbridge Community Fire Station Flames burn brightly in an area of moorland and pine trees. Smoke fills the air.Carrbridge Community Fire Station
The fires have broken out in areas of moorland and forestry.

Deputy Assistant Chief Officer Ross Robison said: "The vast scale of these fires has been challenging for our crews over the past four days, particularly because of the strong winds that have caused the fires and smoke to spread further across the landscape.

"There has been a significant deployment of resources to the area, including on call and wholetime crews from Aberdeenshire, Moray and Highland who have been working effectively alongside landowners and partner agencies."

He added: "I'd like to recognise the efforts of all firefighters who attended and particularly those who are on call and often combine this role with other jobs in the community."

Nairn Community Fire Station A row of fire appliances parked by the side of a moorland road. The vehicles are brightly painted yellow and red. Grey smoke drifts overhead.Nairn Community Fire Station
Fire crews from across Scotland have been called in
Heartland/BBC Weather Watchers On the horizon, thick grey smoke rises from wildfires into a grey cloudy sky. The picture is taken over a lawn with carefully trimmed bushes.Heartland/BBC Weather Watchers
Thick smoke dominates the horizon in a picture taken from Kinloss in Moray.

BBC Weather Watchers have reported smoke from a wildfire near Carrbridge in the Highlands drifting for 40 miles (64km) across the Moray Firth.

But residents in Orkney have also reported smelling smoke carried miles north on the wind.

Moray Scottish Greens councillor Draeyk Van Der Horn also photographed smoke from a number of wildfires visible from a summit in the Cairngorms on Monday morning.

Early morning and evening skies over parts of north Scotland have been tinged orange by wildfire smoke.

montyandtiggys_dad/BBC Weather Watchers The sun is a bright orange disk in the smoky sky. The colours are reflected in the sea below. There is a beach hut in the foreground. It has a red and white stripy exterior.montyandtiggys_dad/BBC Weather Watchers
Wildfire smoke turns Monday morning's sky orange over Hopeman in Moray.
Draeyk Van Der Horn A view across hills, fields and forests towards thick smoke rising from several wildfires.Draeyk Van Der Horn
Moray councillor Draeyk Van Der Horn took this image on Monday morning from the Cairngorms towards the wildfires

The incidents have come during several days of dry, warm weather but there was heavy rain overnight.

The cause of the wildfires are not yet known, but Cairngorms National Park Authority has issued advice to people not to light campfires or use disposable barbeques.

On Monday, a number of local roads were closed due to drifting smoke.

Residents of Grantown-on-Spey, Carrbridge and Aviemore were advised to keep windows of homes and businesses closed because of the smoke.

Nairn Community Fire Station Two firefighters standing next to a fire engine watch as a helicopter with a bucket on the end of a long cable waterbombs a fire. The fire is not visible above the crest of a hill, but smoke can be seen rising from it.Nairn Community Fire Station
A helicopter has been used to waterbomb some of the fires.
Jimbo56/BBC Weather Watchers A white wind turbine on an area of moorland with low bushes and pine trees. In the background smoke rises from a wildfire on a hillside.Jimbo56/BBC Weather Watchers
BBC Weather Watcher Jimbo56 took this image of a wildfire near Forres in Moray.

Reporting from Dallas on Tuesday, BBC News reporter Ben Philip said: "The extent of the damage today can be seen clearly.

"A large area has been affected with black burnt out vegetation stretching beyond the horizon.

"There's still a pungent smell of smoke. Many areas are still smouldering."

Nairn Community Fire Station Smoke drifts from a line of flames on a large moorland. A wind turbine is in front of the flames.Nairn Community Fire Station
A picture taken by Nairn Community Fire Station of a wildfire near a wind farm.
EyeCloud/BBC Weather Watchers Thick grey smoke fills the sky above the Moray Firth. In the foreground is a grassy field and a road.EyeCloud/BBC Weather Watchers
BBC weather Watcher EyeCloud's view from Portknockie in Moray of thick smoke drifting across the Moray Firth on Monday.
Burned ground and smoke with wind turbines in the distance.
The scene at Dallas on Tuesday morning.
The helicopter is flying low over an area of land hidden behind forestry. Attached to the helicopter is a large water carrier. Water is being released on to the fire below.
A helicopter was used to waterbomb pockets of fire in Moray on Tuesday.
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