A helicopter has been brought in to dump water on a wildfire in Dumfries and Galloway which has been burning since Thursday afternoon. Firefighters were still tackling the blaze in the Galloway Forest ...

One local man told BBC Scotland News that he saw a helicopter dropping water on the blaze and "half the hill looked like charcoal". A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said they ...

Anyone camping in the area was advised by police to leave as emergency services tackled the blaze. Helicopters were deployed to “water-bomb” the fire over the weekend and a fire engine remained at the ...