Helicopter dumps water on Galloway forest wildfire

A helicopter is being used to dump water on a wildfire which has spread over a large area of forest in Galloway, in the south west of Scotland.

Emergency services were alerted to the fire at Glen Trool at about 23:50 on Friday with two Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) crews carrying out water bombing in the area.

A spokesperson for the SFRS said the fire had now moved on to the nearby Bennan and Lamachan Hills.

Stewart Gibson, team leader at Galloway Mountain Rescue, said at one point fire crews had four helicopters dropping water on the flames from above, with the fire front "two to three miles wide" at one stage.