{"id":694638,"date":"2026-07-16T10:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/694638\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:35:09","slug":"firefighters-battle-major-wildfire-burning-across-cairngorms-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/694638\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters battle major wildfire burning across Cairngorms National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Area &#8216;hive of activity&#8217;published at 09:48 BST<\/p>\n<p>09:48 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\">Chris MacLennan<br \/>Highlands and Islands reporter<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The area around this wildfire<br \/>\nis well known with locals and visitors, both in the summer and winter months. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Glenmore Campsite, which has<br \/>\nbeen evacuated, sits near Loch Morlich, which tends to become the hive of<br \/>\nactivity in warm weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Residents in Glenmore, where<br \/>\nabout 20 people live, were also asked to leave their homes last night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The wildfire has taken hold<br \/>\nin a remote and difficult-to-access area, with a hilly backdrop and rough<br \/>\nterrain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The only road in and out, the<br \/>\nC7, known locally as the Ski Road, remains closed today, with Cairngorm<br \/>\nMountain Resort also shut. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Firefighters are expected to<br \/>\nremain on scene for most of today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Area &#8216;hive of activity&#8217;published at 09:48 BST 09:48 BST Chris MacLennanHighlands and Islands reporter The area around this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-694638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}