Popular East Lothian attraction evacuated after fire breaks out in nearby field
A fire broke out in a field near Newhailes House & Gardens in Musselburgh on Thursday
A tourist attraction in East Lothian was evacuated today after a fire broke out in a nearby field.
Visitors to Newhailes House & Gardens in Musselburgh were asked to leave the site on Thursday, August 6 as firefighters battled the blaze.
A National Trust for Scotland spokesperson told the Evening News: “There was a fire in a field near Newhailes. This is now out. Visitors were evacuated as a precaution. This site is accessible once again.”
Newhailes House & Gardens is a Palladian style country house standing in 80 acres of parkland on the edge of Musselburgh.
Owned by the National Trust for Scotland, the estate boasts beautiful woodland walks, apiaries and allotments, and is home to Weehailes adventure play park.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We were alerted at 2.29pm on Thursday, 6 August to reports of a small fire in the open near Newhailes estate in Musselburgh.
"Operations Control mobilised one appliance to the scene to extinguish a fire measuring approximately 100m x 250m."Crews worked until 3.38pm to make the area safe before leaving the scene."
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