Crews from Dorchester and Weymouth responded to reports of trees on fire which was starting to affect houses.
The fire was extinguished using two hose reel jets.
The fire was caused by a bonfire which got out of control spreading across the garden.
As this shows a small fire in the current conditions can easily get out of hand.
Please click on the link for some safety advice in these dry conditions.
http://www.dwfire.org.uk/…/safety-reminder-as-dry…
Why this person chose to have a bonfire at this time is beyond most of us but along with BBQ’s and other incendiary items please be careful.
More info:
Britons are now being urged not to host barbecues in the tinder-dry conditions, with fears fireworks and sky lanterns could spark “large-scale” fires in parched areas.
Retailers are also facing calls to ban sales of disposable barbecues.
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), which represents 28,000 farmers and landowners in England and Wales, has demanded retailers follow the lead of Marks and Spencer and ban the sale of disposable barbecues across the UK this summer.
“We ask them to help us protect farmland and natural habitats by not lighting barbecues, fires and other potentially hazardous materials such as sky lanterns,” said CLA president Mark Tufnell.
In southeast England, where water suppliers have faced most pressure so far, just 4.2mm of rain fell in July.
That beats a record that has stood for 70 years, and by a huge amount – July 1952 saw three and a half times more rainfall than last month.
On Saturday, 15 homes were evacuated after a garden fire got out of control in Essex – with “multiple gardens, sheds, and outbuildings” destroyed and a dozen properties damaged.
About 40 people fled their homes, and seven required treatment for injuries and smoke inhalation.
Neil Fenwick, area manager for Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, said: “While summer weather usually provides the perfect opportunity to host a barbecue or gather around a chimenea in the evening, we’re strongly discouraging people from having any kinds of fires at the moment.”
The whole of England and Wales is set to feel the effects of the heatwave as high pressure builds – “with sunny and very warm if not hot” conditions in Scotland and Northern Ireland as the weekend nears.
Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said: “It does look like a prolonged period of dry weather and obviously that’s bad news for southern England where some rain would really be useful now.”
Gardening during the heatwave:
While there’s uncertainty about which areas will see the highest temperatures, early forecasts suggest they could be found in the West Midlands and the West Country.
Mr Morgan says heatwave criteria are likely to be met across the UK – potentially putting strain on the NHS as the most vulnerable suffer heat-related problems.
“We’re quite confident temperatures will not go as high as they did during July, but the difference is that this is going to be quite a prolonged period of temperatures in the low 30s, so it will be very notable nonetheless,” he added.
Advice to prevent becoming overheated includes closing curtains and windows during the day, and staying out of the midday sun.
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