‘It could have been a second Great Fire’: how east London blaze showed scale of UK wildfire threat

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‘It could have been a second Great Fire’: how east London blaze showed scale of UK wildfire threat

In record 40C heat on 19 July 2022, 18 homes were lost in village of Wennington – a signal for firefighters to adapt, but UK response remains fragmented When neighbours urged Lynn Sabberton and her partner, Terry, to flee from their home in [Wennington][1] one day in 2022, the couple weren’t sure they should bothe... #TheGuardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/09/second-great-fire-wennington-london-wildfires-threat

(Sat, 9 May 2026 08:00:51 +0000)