London, July 26, 2026 (AFP) - Residents to return to Scots village near Cairngorms wildfire

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Evacuated residents of a village in Scotland threatened by a wildfire were to go back home Sunday, after authorities said a major incident had been ended. Around 650 people from Nethy Bridge in the Cairngorms national park were told to leave Friday "as a precaution", as authorities battled a blaze which spread across some 600 hectares (1,500 acres). More than 500 firefighters with helicopters were deployed to battle the fire that had been burnin......

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