Some fire services tackled more than 50 wildfires a day during this year's heatwaves in England.
Fire services in England dealt with nearly 25,000 wildfires this summer, almost four times that recorded over the same period in 2021, figures show.More than 800 wildfires were recorded on 19 July alone.
The parched land saw many areas succumb to fires including London, Yorkshire, Dorset, Hampshire and Norfolk.A sequence of heatwaves led to England experiencing its driest July since 1935 and the joint-warmest summer on record. At least 24,316 wildfires were recorded by fire services in England from June to August, according to data obtained through Freedom of Information requests by the Press Association .
It represents almost four times the 6,213 wildfires over the same three-month period in 2021 and two-and-a-half times the 9,369 for June-August 2020.
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