By Isabella Nikolic and Dianne Apen-sadler For Mailonline
Published: 21:56 BST, 20 April 2019 | Updated: 15:52 BST, 21 April 2019
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Three arrests have been made over the 50-acre wildfire on Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire, indicating police are treating the blaze as deliberate.
A helicopter was brought in today to drop tonnes of water onto the smouldering moorland just to the south of the town of Ilkley, West Yorkshire.
More than 100 firefighters tackled the fire in sweltering conditions at its height on Saturday afternoon.
Arrests have been made over the 50-acre wildfire that ripped through Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire, suggesting that police are treating it as deliberate
A helicopter was brought in this morning to drop tonnes of water over the moorland to ensure the blaze was fully extinguished
The 14 crews mobilised from across West and North Yorkshire withdrew overnight but around 70 firefighters returned to the moor on this morning.
The helicopter was seen scooping water from a small nearby reservoir and dropping it on the scorched ground.
The blaze is not far from the Cow and Calf rocks, which are
