Heatwave fuels West Midlands wildfires as homes burn and residents evacuate
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During the UK’s hottest day of the year, wildfires spread across the West Midlands, destroying 19 homes in Stourbridge and injuring several others as 54 people were treated by paramedics; a major incident was declared and crews fought tinder-dry conditions across multiple counties with ongoing hotspots and evacuations continuing.
- What we know so far about the West Midlands fires BBC
- Burnham warns of ‘tinderbox’ Britain after week of intense heat Financial Times
- ‘It’s due to climate’: the people of Stourbridge on the town’s wildfires The Guardian
- UK firefighters out in force to tackle fires on hottest day of the year AP News
- Stourbridge fire: Child among 10 injured in ‘apocalyptic’ Midlands wildfires telegraph.co.uk
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