While the old adage of ‘no smoke without fire’ may be true, the reverse is not. From Suffolk to the Peak District to the Cairngorms, pockets of fires are still furtively flickering away, smokeless, unseen and underfoot, in roots, animal burrows or a seam of peat. Sharp-eyed fire crews remain on standby, ready to pounce on the next flame to pop up from the underworld.
The worst may be over – for now, although a new heatwave is on the way – after the spate of wildfires breaking out across Britain in recent days. But the damage – not just to
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