Fire crews making ‘significant progress’ tackling Cairngorms blaze – chief

Michael Humphreys near Ryvoan Bothy in the Cairngorms where the wildfire is thought to have started (Peter Jolly/PA) - (PA Wire)

Fire crews are starting to make “significant progress” in tackling a wildfire in the Cairngorms that broke out two weeks ago, a senior officer has said.

So far more than 500 firefighters have been deployed to fight the blaze, which has devastated an estimated 25 square kilometres of land since it started near the Ryvoan Bothy, near Aviemore.