Alert after fire service called out to grass and rubbish fires in East Dunbartonshire

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 8.06pm on Monday, April 20 to reports of an area of grass on fire in Milngavie.

“Operations Control mobilised one appliance to the town’s Cloberfield Industrial Estate, where firefighters extinguished the fire before leaving the scene.”

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 4.45pm on Sunday, April 19 to reports of rubbish on fire in Milngavie

Operations Control mobilised one appliance to Clober Road, where crews extinguished the fire before leaving the scene.”

Several wildfires have taken hold across Scotland in the last few days due to dry, windy weather.

More than 30 firefighters were called out to a blaze in the Kilpatrick Hills, West Dunbartonshire, 24 hours after a 999 alert.

Six trucks and a helicopter are also at the scene, near Cochno Road, Clydebank, in an effort to extinguish the flames.

Similar fires have also taken hold in the Highlands, Dumfries and Galloway and Stirling this week.

Crews left the Kilpatrick Hills fire late on Monday as conditions had become dangerous.

They returned to the scene at 6am on Tuesday and worked throughout the day.

There were no reported casualties.