Water bombs dropped on raging wildfire

A helicopter has been water bombing a three mile-long wildfire in north Sutherland.

Fire fighters have been tackling the blaze between Melvich and Strathy since Sunday. It has burned across about 5,000 acres of moorland. At one point it affected power supplies to 800 homes.

Firefighters have warned of a heightened risk of wildfires across Scotland until Friday due to warm and dry weather.

A helicopter was first used to drop water on the fire on Tuesday and the water bombing continued yesterday.