Countryside ablaze with more than 500 farm fires

The countryside has been set ablaze as heatwaves during July and August resulted in tinder box conditions, with more than 500 reports of farm fires reported to NFU Mutual.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
clock • 4 min read
Countryside ablaze with more than 500 farm fires

The countryside has been set ablaze as heatwaves during July and August resulted in tinder box conditions, with more than 500 reports of farm fires reported to NFU Mutual. More than 13 farm fire claims...

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