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By Jen Stout
image captionFair Isle Bird Observatory was destroyed by fire in 2019
Two devastating fires in Shetland should act as a warning to the modular building industry, it has been claimed.
The world-famous Fair Isle Bird Observatory was lost in 2019, followed last year by the Moorfield Hotel.
Both buildings were less than 10 years old and made from factory-built units, which had been shipped up to Shetland by sea.
One expert has called for a full investigation into why the fires took hold so quickly.
Both blazes were particularly severe, and fire crews were unable to stop the spread. No-one was injured in either incident.
Timber piling could help build hopes for homes on peatland
View over the peat bogs towards Ben Griam Beag, at Forsinard, in the Flow Country of the Sutherland region of Scotland. Peat bogs used to be drained to free-up land for forestry and agriculture until their importance as a global carbon store in Global NEW environmentally friendly methods for laying housing foundations on peatland could help economic development in parts of the Highlands and Islands, it has been claimed. A research consortium led by Edinburgh Napier University and Heriot-Watt University is assessing the feasibility of a range of construction methods to minimise disturbance to peat in areas where its presence currently limits building options.