Uk Weather Extreme Heat Warning In Place For England And Wales As Nearly 500 Rise In Bushfires Reported As It Happened Extreme Weather
Jason Moncrieff, area director for the service, told the BBC’s Today programme: It’s a huge difference. In the first 10 days of August this year compared to last year there were 492% more fires of this kind. So it’s field fires, grass fires, heather fires – all those types of wildfires, a 492% increase this year. He also said a fire on Friday on the Studland Peninsula near Purbeck could have been avoided....