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The Sampson and Goliath cranes from the nearby shipyards towered over the set but the dragons left them alone.

"It was years of our work going up in flames," Kate Sampson, the National Trust for Scotland's senior ranger on Arran, told BBC Scotland News.

Then, two weeks ago, Ms Sampson could do nothing but watch as years of effort were destroyed.

In the days after the fire, Ms Sampson and a group of naturalists surveyed the land to assess the potential impact of the wildlife.

As we walked through the valley, Ms Sampson discovered a live frog and long worm in among the scorched grass.