Fire services stretched as blazes follow record 40C UK heat
BBC News says FIRE CREWS have worked through the night tackling wildfires which broke out following Tuesday’s record-breaking temperatures in the UK.
In Wennington, east London, around 100 firefighters tackled a blaze which began in grassland before spreading to nearby homes.
Several brigades declared major incidents due to the number of 999 calls they were receiving.
Tuesday saw a record temperature of 40.3C in Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
Thirty-three other locations saw highs that surpassed the previous record of 38.7C.
Residents who had to be evacuated from homes near the Wennington fire told the BBC that around eight houses and possibly a local church had been destroyed, while one firefighter at the scene described it as “absolute hell”.
