A moorland blaze was burning today (Wed) above one of the top tourist spots in the Western Isles.
A plume of smoke from the blaze on a ridge by the stretching sands of Garry Beach north of New Tolsta on the east side of Lewis soared nearly 1,000 metres into the sky.
The fire above the Bridge to Nowhere which peters out at an unfinished track to Ness was literally at the end of the road making it impossible to get water pumps anywhere near.
Fire crews with long-
Strenuous fire-
Ironically, despite the sunshine and dry weather, sheets of ice formed over freshwater lochs nearby.
The alarm was raised around 8.40pm this morning and around noon over twenty exhausted
fire fighters returned from to the fleet of four fire-
With the bulk of the island without adequate fire cover, the fire-
No property or life was in any danger, though the burning clumps of grass and heather
created a long grey cloud blowing from east to west coast and rising to the rear
of Muirneag -