Fires have been burning over the bank holiday weekend in Scotland Fires are still burning in parts of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland as high winds and dry conditions frustrate emergency services.
Firefighters are dealing with various blazes across large parts of the Scottish Highlands.
Two boys, aged 10 and 15, have been questioned about a gorse fire in the Mourne Mountains of County Tyrone.
Meanwhile 150 firefighters have been called to deal with a number of incidents at Swinley Forest, Berkshire.
Elsewhere 50 firefighters in Lancashire have been using beaters and spraying water on flames and smouldering moorland at Belmont, Bacup and Ormskirk.
Crews from Merseyside, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire are involved in tackling the fires, which were fanned by winds of up to 45 mph.
Paul Richardson, from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, says the high winds and very dry conditions make it risky for walkers and emergency crews.
Weather forecasters have said there is very little chance of rain in the next 24 hours.
In the Highlands several homes at Inverkirkaig in Assynt and Shiel Bridge in Kintail have been evacuated because of advancing flames.
Crews have been working on steep rugged terrain and helicopters have been brought in to reach inaccessible areas.
Hundreds of firefighters have been involved – most of them part-time and retained.
In Northern Ireland, the Mournes, Ballycastle, Gortin and Rostrevor have been badly affected.
Chief Fire Officer Peter Craig said it had been “phenomenally busy”.
He said: “What we are highly concerned with is protecting life, property and infrastructure.
Fire crews used a helicopter to water bomb the flames at Kintail “In Rostrevor, I saw a ball of flames rolling towards a property. Firefighters, the local community and property owners themselves worked extremely hard to make sure that that person’s home did not go up in flames.”
The National Trust has warned the fires will cause “immense damage” to the Mournes.
In Berkshire 150 firefighters from four different counties have been dealing with four serious blazes at Swinley Forest.
A large area of Bracknell and Crowthorne remains closed off.
Elsewhere in Europe the dry weather has led to fires in parts of Switzerland, Russia and the Netherlands.
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