Entire Cairngorms village evacuated as raging wildfire nears

A major incident has been declared over a wildfire tearing through Scotland's Cairngorms national park, and an entire village has been evacuated as the flames close in. The Guardian reports that the blaze has been burning out of control for eleven days, and Police Scotland says a significant shift in the weather, with strengthening winds, is making it even harder to contain. The Cairngorms is one of Britain's largest national parks, a stretch of highland moor and forest, and officers say the intensifying conditions have pushed the fire toward the edge of the community now standing empty.

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