Met Office meteorologist Dan Stroud also said that the weather will continue to be dry across the south on Sunday
“For the rest of the weekend, across the south, there will be a continuation of the very dry and hot conditions,” he said.
Crews dealt have been dealing with fires in Cornwall, Dorset and Derbyshire this weekend, after an official drought was declared in eight areas of England on Friday by the National Drought Group .“It has been extremely dry for an extended period and the ground and vegetation has been baked dry, so there is a significant risk.”
In Dorset, a team of firefighters worked through the night to bring a wildfire at Studland under control, which was believed to have been sparked by a disposable barbecue. A body was also found in a Doncaster lake after emergency services responded to reports that a man in his 20s had got into difficulty.
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