London firefighters have said tackling the wildfires during the extreme heat felt like being in a warzone.
Tackling the wildfires at the heart of London's major incident felt like being in a warzone, a fire boss has said.
The heatwave sparked the biggest response since World War Two. He said colleagues could not have done more. "We were watching cars burn, we were watching fires burn... it was like a warzone because we were walking past houses that we couldn't save and they were burnt out. Mr Singleton added: "Any service is going to be put under enormous pressure when we have to deal with business as normal alongside grass fires all over London. We also had high-rise fires, road traffic collisions, house fires, and a callout to Oxford Circus Underground station."
The number of firefighters at the Trafalgar Square blaze had to be doubled so they could rotate in and out of the building due to the heat. "It's hard enough trying to put out a fire, let alone rescue people," he said. "The pub staff did really well to evacuate them."
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