As heatwave continues, Fire Service urges care

As heatwave continues, Fire Service urges care

The situation is causing the Fire Service great concern, and senior fire safety officer Carl Britton has warned that all it would take was one little spark to start a fire that would literally rush through whole areas.’With more fields being left fallow or planted with dry grain crop or grass, instead of having a barrier between the expanses of furze and gorse, we now have a continuation of highly combustible materials.

It’s a real concern and I can see all sorts of major fires burning throughout the countryside if we are not more considerate of what’s happening.’He said Jersey was in a comparable situation to southern Europe and Canada where a long period of dry hot weather had created conditions where fires were able to burn with devastating and tragic consequences.

With the heatwave expected to last through August, Mr Britton said there was still a month and a half to go before the risk would subside.

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