Residents evacuated from properties in Nethy Bridge due to a wildfire in the Cairngorms are allowed to return home, according to reports from Scottish outlets. The evacuation is no longer described as immediately necessary because the threat level has reduced. Authorities downgrade the situation from a “major incident,” and evacuated people begin moving back to their homes.
During the period of heightened concern, residents were taken to a dedicated respite centre at the Macdonald Aviemore Resort. Both accounts describe the change in risk and the end of the immediate danger that prompted the evacuation in the first place. While the emergency response continues to manage the wildfire, the downgrade indicates conditions have improved sufficiently for residents to resume normal activity.
The reports do not provide new figures on the fire’s area or specific causes, but they align on the key point that the immediate threat prompting evacuation has eased and that residents are returning, with support arrangements previously in place remaining part of the response during the earlier stage.
