Scotland doesn’t have the “natural resilience” to wildfires that it once had, a minister has warned following a spate of devasting blazes in recent months.

The warning comes after the Scottish Government hosted a special wildfire summit on Tuesday to discuss how it will manage blazes going forward.

Over the past year, Scotland has suffered the largest wildfires in living memory, with Dava in the Highlands enduring the worst damage as an area the size of 10,000 football pitches was devastated by the blaze.

In total, the Government said 13 wildfire alerts were issued this year alone, and firefighters attended more than 200 blazes.

“We really need people to understand we’re in a different climate now,” agriculture minister Jim Fairlie said.

“We don’t have the natural resilience to wildfi

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