Mercy crews raced to the scene near Ordiequish Road in Fochabers after the alarm was raised shortly after 11.30am
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Crews from Fochabers, Rothes and Keith are currently on site, and a boat team and helicopters were deployed earlier today in a bid to extinguish the worst of the flames and ferry workers over to the area. Photos taken at the scene show a section of the woodland being engulfed in furious orange flames, while grey smoke billows across the village.Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed to the Record that three appliances remain in attendance.A spokesperson added: "We got a call at 11.34am to a fire in the open and we have been there all that time.
A spokesperson for Fochabers Fire Station said: "Crew were called out this morning at 11.34am to reports of a fire in woodland beside Ordiquish Earth pillars view point.
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