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Fire destroys prawn creels      27/2/13

Over 400 prawn creels were destroyed by fire on Barra yesterday (Tues).

Flames from a moorland wildfire spread to the creels around 1.15pm at Cleat.

Castlbay fire crew donned breathing sets as they tackled the fire.

Beaters were used to stamp out a raft of individual hotspots flaring up.