A large fire on Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh was likely started by human activity, fire chiefs have said. Emergency services were alerted to the blaze just after 4pm on Sunday, as smoke billowed into the sky from the extinct volcano in Holyrood Park.

After a gorse fire broke out on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh on Sunday afternoon, firefighters remained at the scene on Tuesday morning as they 'dampened down any hotspots'.

Firefighters were on Sunday tackling a blaze on Arthur’s Seat, a landmark dormant volcano in Edinburgh, Scotland.