'We're very much still in the thick of it,' fire chief warns after 43 blazes in 24 hours

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We've been speaking to the chair of the National Fire Chiefs' Council this morning in the wake of a record-breaking summer for wildfires in the country. Phil Garrigan said that there have been 43 wildfires over the past 24 hours, "so we're very much still in the thick of it, very much still on the front line of climate change". He adds that there's been three major incidents - in Wales, Hampshire, and Stourbridge - and that the UK is still "in kind of high speed conditions" as it remains warm and dry. Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/uk-heatwave-stourbridge-fire-latest-weather-live-13571553 #wildfire #fire #uk #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps:

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