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Cairngorms national park ravaged by 'cataclysmic' wildfire

Scotland's Cairngorms National Park suffered its worst wildfire in recent history over 12 consecutive days, with large swathes now unrecognizable. Damage from the blaze is expected to take decades to fully recover.

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Swathes of Cairngorms unrecognisable after 12 days of ‘cataclysmic’ wildfires

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With large areas still burning, damage from national park’s worst blaze could take decades, if not longer, to put right It is the jewel in the crown of the Highlands, one of Scotland’s most impressive natural landscapes, but 12 days on from the start of an enormous wildfire that is tearing through moorland and forest, the Cairngorms national park is unrecognisable. Hectares of blackened land were