Warning after string of wildfires due to heatwave
One fire, in woods near Telford, covered about 359 sq yards and was caused by sparks from either a campfire or smoking materials, the service said
A fire service has warned people not to have bonfires and campfires in the countryside after a string of wildfires in the heatwave.Firefighters have tackled 10 wildfires since Friday evening including one covering about 359 sq yds in Weston Heath, near Telford.The fire in Weston Heath in peat and undergrowth on Saturday took almost three hours to put out as it was hard to get to, the fire service said.
A water carrier had to be brought in from Oswestry and a long length of hose run through the woods so firefighters could put it out.On Friday,
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