London Fire Brigade dealt with 1,146 incidents on Tuesday - London's hottest day on record.
Residents return to their properties in the village of Wennington, which went up in flames on Tuesday
"We were stretched but this was an absolutely exceptional set of circumstances and we threw everything at it."Eighteen homes in Wennington were wrecked by fire in the blazes on Tuesday The priority, though, has been getting the brigade back up to full staffing by December this year, following "skills gaps" caused by the pandemic, he said."It's why we've brought in 150 transfers to fill the skills gaps that built up during Covid and actually I have taken the decision last week to run another transferee round so we're bringing in another 100 to close that gap.
One man looked delighted as he emerged from the police cordon on Thursday afternoon with his ginger cat.
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