Fire chiefs are investigating whether A-level students lighting barbecues to celebrate their results started a series of blazes as ‘tinderbox’ Britain continued to swelter in a heatwave today.
Paramedics in the West Midlands treated 54 people with 19 admitted to hospital after several wildfires broke out yesterday during Britain’s fifth warmest day on record.
Emergency services are looking into reports that the fires could be linked to Year 13 students lighting barbecues and burning notepads after receiving their exam scores.
Some 19 houses were fully destroyed and 18 damaged by a major wildfire across 500 acres in Stourbridge, which also injured six people
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