Second fire seen near Arthur's Seat in just 24 hours

Smoke was rising from one of the Capital’s beauty spots this morning.

Fire crews were called out to a blaze at Arthur’s Seat this morning which is understood to be the second in the last 24 hours.

Pictures taken from a resident in Restalrig show smoke blowing across the top of the Capital’s beauty spot.

One witness said firefighters were at the scene at about 11.30am and the blaze was alight.

Smoke can be seen coming from Arthur's Seat

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said two appliances and a crew are still at the scene tackling the flames.

The area affected is a 10m x 10m patch of grass.

Crews were also called to a fire last night in the Whinny Hill area of Holyrood Park.

About 50m x 50m of grassland and gorse bushes were alight.

The fire service has seen a spate of wildfires and deliberate fires in the last month during the country’s spell of warm dry weather.