It may not feel like it now, but Shropshire has had a scorcher of a year.
A field fire at Soulton Hall, Wem, last August. Photo: Soulton Hall
The increase was felt across the whole of England with fire chiefs saying the figures showed how staff were"increasingly being challenged by new extremes of weather as our climate changes".At least 24,316 wildfires were recorded by fire services in England from June to August, according to data obtained by the PA news agency through freedom of information requests.
Some forces tackled more than 50 wildfires a day at the peak of the heatwaves, which also saw droughts declared in many areas and temperatures reach a record-breaking 40C. There were further spikes in wildfires in August, with more than 600 recorded each day from August 11 to 14 as temperatures reached the mid-30s.A sequence of heatwaves led to England experiencing the driest July since 1935 and the joint warmest summer on record.
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