A national alert has been prompted after fires destroyed 19 homes, as the prime minister said 37 fires were burning across England and Wales.
The statement underlined the scale of the situation across the two nations, with multiple fires active at the same time. The destruction of 19 homes marks the clearest reported impact so far from the incidents.
The fires are affecting England and Wales, according to the prime minister’s comments. No further details were provided in the supplied material on the specific locations of the fires, the cause of the outbreaks, or whether anyone had been injured.
The latest known position is that dozens of fires were active when the prime minister gave the update, and the national alert had been prompted in response to the destruction and the continuing number of incidents.
