The heat wave spreads to Britain and fires break out in London

The great fires, an expression of climate change, have broken out again in Surrey and London in Great Britain. The fires broke out at noon on Sunday and spread rapidly.. Some homes have been evacuated and other families are now waiting to be evacuated. The wind makes the situation very unstable. They ask people to avoid the Hanley Common area, a large, very dry park in Surrey.

This was stated by the Surrey firefighters “A serious accident” while the teams fight an open fire. In London, crews fight three other major fires. People in west London are asked to keep doors and windows closed to prevent smoke from escaping.

In Surrey, in the so-called Home Counties of London, the fire of Hankley Common, near Farnham, attracted “several fire trucks” to the area. It is very close to a military base.

Firefighters tweeted: “There is a lot of smoke. So please avoid the area. Windows and doors should be closed if nearby and pets are supposed to stay indoors.”

The images show plumes of smoke overlooking the county. People as far away as Guildford report seeing it.

closed doors and windows

Firefighters later tweeted to ask people nearby to stop calling 999 to report smoke clouds, after receiving an “incredibly high” number of calls.. He added that some local roads were closed due to the accident.

The fire at Ramsey Marsh was the size of four football fields. The fires have been described as “climate related”. People are advised to close doors and windows. Firefighters are making progress in Hayes and Enfield but have not stopped the fires yet.

London firefighters are also fighting bushfires, with fires burning at Ramsey Marsh in Enfield, Crawford Park in Hayes and Thamesmead in east London. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) described the incidents as “weather related”.

In Enfield, near Epping Forest, firefighters said around 100 firefighters were fighting the grass firewhich had grown to the size of four football fields.

The service urged people to help prevent further fires by not grilling and disposing of cigarettes properly.

You can see the Hayes fire from west London. The London Brigade reported that there are 70 firefighters on site. But the brigade assured that in Enfield they managed to control the fire on an area of ​​20 hectares.

In Hayas, 10 fire trucks and 70 firefighters fight and there are five hectares on fire.

visibility problems

Big Jet TV, which provides live commentary on planes landing at Heathrow, said “Visibility at the airport is reduced”. He shared an image of a smoke-covered trail from the nearby fire in Hayes.

In East London, near Newham, a fire attempt is underway in Thamesmead. 65 firefighters and a firefighting ship are on site near the City, the City of London airport. Those who were close were asked to do so keep doors and windows closed.

This phenomenon comes after a series of bushfires in and around London last week afterwards temperatures recorded last week They will leave the soil completely dry. There were 1,200 fires in the kingdom this week before temperatures rose.

The United Kingdom hit record temperatures on Tuesday, with Coningsby, Lincolnshire, reaching a suffocating temperature of 40.3 ° C (104.5 ° F). It is the first time since the recordings began that the thermometer exceeds 40 ° C in the country.

Parts of the UK have suffered significant damage from extreme heat, including house and forest fires, the melting of airport runways and the expansion of railway tracks.

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