“The new Harry Potter movie yesterday set the heather alight, months before it is due to be seen by cinema audiences.”
“During filming, the veteran steam train cast as the Hogwarts Express sparked a fire which destroyed up to 50 acres of heather moorland and trees on a Highland hillside.”
“A helicopter had to be brought in to bomb the blaze with water as over 20 firefighters and forestry workers struggled to prevent the fire, close to the Glenfinnan Viaduct in the West Highlands, from spreading and causing more damage. At one stage, fire was raging along a one-mile front.”
“Film-makers working for Warner Brothers were filming scenes for the third Potter movie – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Filming was temporarily suspended in the wake of the fire.” (from The Scotsman)
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