Date: 19/04/2011

A passing steam train may have started a wildfire on a nature reserve in Sutherland, RSPB Scotland has said. About four square miles (10 square km) of moorland at the RSPB's Forsinard reserve has been destroyed. [From John Gray]

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Steam train 'focus' of fire probe

BBC News

The RSPB say a passing steam train may have started a wildfire on one of its Highland nature reserves.

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View northeast through Forsinard station on 27 August from the open level crossing. The former station building is now a visitor information centre run by the RSPB which has a reserve here and the young lady in blue watering the platform plants is a student from Norfolk doing a holiday job.
Location: Forsinard
Company: Sutherland and Caithness Railway
27/08/2007 John Furnevel