Wildfires continue to ravage Britain despite the first rain falling in two months in some areas, which could cause flooding but will not alleviate the drought.
Kent was particularly badly hit by blazes last night, with six fire engines battling a huge wildfire on a farm in St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe near Dover at 8pm.
Grass also caught fire at Mote Park in Maidstone at 7pm, after a separate blaze on a field at Iwade near Sittingbourne sent black smoke billowing into the sky at 6pm.
Meanwhile Kent Fire and Rescue Service used hose-reel jets and beaters to put out another fire in Gravesend after
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