Police declare 'major incident' as wind change increases Cairngorms wildfire risk

Police in Scotland have declared a major incident as a shifting wind raises the wildfire risk in the Cairngorms, according to BBC News. Every resident of the village of Nethy Bridge has been evacuated as the fire spreads. The Cairngorms is one of Britain's largest national parks, a stretch of highland moorland and forest in northeast Scotland.

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