Wildfires continued to rage across Britain today amid warnings that the country could be crippled by even hotter temperatures from Sunday – as the heatwave is set to cause chaos to transport, the NHS and other key services.
The Met Office today extended its amber ‘extreme heat’ warning to include all of next Tuesday, having previously issued it for Sunday and Monday. Forecasters said the ’emphasis on the peak of the hot spell’ had now shifted from Sunday, to Monday and Tuesday – but that the risk of ‘widespread impacts on people and infrastructure’ remained.
Smoke continued to billow from fires on Salisbury Plain today, after the Ministry of Defence confirmed that three blazes were caused by live firing in military training on Monday – with locals urged to keep their windows shut.
The MoD said the largest fire near Urchfont is still ‘well alight’ although military personnel and firefighters have stopped it spreading further, while another near Enford is almost extinguished with…
