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Article: Calton Hill fire fear on Beltane night

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Evening News - Scotland
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April 21, 2003
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CALTON Hill is set to be sealed off for a night to stop hundreds of people gathering there for unofficial pagan celebrations amid fears dry weather has turned the beauty spot into a "tinder box".

Crowds of spectators and performers such as fire jugglers are expected to converge on the hill to celebrate the start of summer, despite the traditional Beltane Fire Festival being cancelled.

Organisers of the world-famous event believe many people from across the UK and abroad are still unaware that it is not going ahead on April 30 this year.

They also believe many will want to go to Calton Hill anyway for "spiritual" reasons, or as a protest over an alleged lack of council support for the ...

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