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Wildfire warning as firefighters tackle Benbecula blaze
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Wildfire warning as firefighters tackle Benbecula blaze
by Campbell Brodie Thu 11 Feb 2021 - 15:59
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Re: Wildfire warning as firefighters tackle Benbecula blaze
by Adam Mint Fri 12 Feb 2021 - 0:30
Yet other side of Scotland is under snow and ice,,,
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Re: Wildfire warning as firefighters tackle Benbecula blaze
by Perfectspecimen Fri 12 Feb 2021 - 14:25
Big fire on Dartmoor as well. Think its to help the global warming. Only got 2" of heating oil left this morning when I looked but then I noticed I got an email saying man is delivering it today. Thank feck for that! Also noticed I got £140 paid into my electric account by government. Cheers! And no, I wont be giving it to the BBC.
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Re: Wildfire warning as firefighters tackle Benbecula blaze
by 3rdforum Fri 12 Feb 2021 - 18:23
Those wildfires used to happen regularly on the mountains in Kerry. It was a mystery as to who started them, said the local farmers who had sheep grazing on the mountainside and needed more grassland
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Re: Wildfire warning as firefighters tackle Benbecula blaze
by Campbell Brodie Fri 12 Feb 2021 - 19:31
The landowners up here burn the heather to force the new shoots for the grouse to feed on. They often get out of hand as the peat underneath smoulders away unseen then flares up again.
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Re: Wildfire warning as firefighters tackle Benbecula blaze
by Adam Mint Fri 12 Feb 2021 - 22:24
Campbell Brodie wrote:The landowners up here burn the heather to force the new shoots for the grouse to feed on. They often get out of hand as the peat underneath smoulders away unseen then flares up again.
Cam can you remember the small back road that ran from the Gyle to Sighthill before the Gyle Shopping Centre was built,,, the road ran through sorta shrub land,,, for a few years it was always on fire, always a fire engine parked there, they recon someone had flung a cigarette out of a car and set fire to dried shrubs which set fire to peat they were growing in,,, fires just kept popping up everywhere they recon it was burning underground, as said went on for a year or two,,,
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Re: Wildfire warning as firefighters tackle Benbecula blaze
by Campbell Brodie Sat 13 Feb 2021 - 8:16
Adam Mint wrote:Campbell Brodie wrote:The landowners up here burn the heather to force the new shoots for the grouse to feed on. They often get out of hand as the peat underneath smoulders away unseen then flares up again.
Cam can you remember the small back road that ran from the Gyle to Sighthill before the Gyle Shopping Centre was built,,, the road ran through sorta shrub land,,, for a few years it was always on fire, always a fire engine parked there, they recon someone had flung a cigarette out of a car and set fire to dried shrubs which set fire to peat they were growing in,,, fires just kept popping up everywhere they recon it was burning underground, as said went on for a year or two,,,
Probably Sighthill/Wester Hailes kids having fun.
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Re: Wildfire warning as firefighters tackle Benbecula blaze
by 3rdforum Sat 13 Feb 2021 - 15:40
that the shopping centre near the airport? I think I was in there once buy a car seat from Argos and got breakfast in Morrisons
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Re: Wildfire warning as firefighters tackle Benbecula blaze
by Campbell Brodie Sat 13 Feb 2021 - 16:21
3rdforum wrote:that the shopping centre near the airport? I think I was in there once buy a car seat from Argos and got breakfast in Morrisons
That's the one Dermot!
You gave us that car seat if I remember right!
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Re: Wildfire warning as firefighters tackle Benbecula blaze
by Adam Mint Sat 13 Feb 2021 - 22:55
3rdforum wrote:that the shopping centre near the airport? I think I was in there once buy a car seat from Argos and got breakfast in Morrisons
Campbell Brodie wrote:3rdforum wrote:that the shopping centre near the airport? I think I was in there once buy a car seat from Argos and got breakfast in Morrisons
That's the one Dermot!
Yip I sent you there for breakfast Dermo,,, Do you remember the fires Dermo,,, I was going Stevenson's college at the time so used the road a lot, just weird , fires popping up everywhere even if it was raining...
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