Heatwave: Firefighters called to grass fire in east London

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Around 70 firefighters have been called to a grass fire on Wanstead Flats in east London. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) has issued warnings over the risk of wildfires and tragedies in water amid the hot weather. The risk of wildfires in London is currently rated at “severe” by the Natural Hazards Partnership. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00we've contained the fire and now we're just in progress of ensuring that the

00:18fire won't spread to the boundary parts so what you can just see now is what we

00:24deem is turning over and damping down let's just ensure that there's no stray

00:27embers that might pose a risk to the rest of the park it's really important that

00:33members of the public when they're out and about or aware of the risks

00:36especially in these temperatures in parts like this or where there's open

00:40grassland and shrubland of how dry that is and the risks of careless disposers

00:45from cigarette ends or barbecues poses a significant risk to fire and in these

00:51conditions the fires will spread quite rapidly so it's just really important

00:55that people are aware of that and avoid that where possible

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