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Wildfires: FUW urges inquiry into future of upland farming and landscape management

Around 200 military personnel were drafted to help farmers and firefighters tackle wildfires across south and west Wales

Mia Willemsen
News and business reporter
clock • 18 min read
Wildfire blazes through the Ynysfeio Forest, above the Welsh village of Treherbert in the Rhondda Fawr valley in South Wales (Photo by Ryan Hiscott/Getty Images)
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Wildfire blazes through the Ynysfeio Forest, above the Welsh village of Treherbert in the Rhondda Fawr valley in South Wales (Photo by Ryan Hiscott/Getty Images)

August 20, 2026 Fire and rescue services in England and Wales have responded to more wildfires in 2026 than the whole of 2025, with more than four months still left to go. National Resilience...

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