Fire crews were called to two incidents near the same Nottinghamshire woodland during a 'busy evening' as temperatures neared 40C. Tuxford Fire Station were first called to a fire on the pit tip behind Sherwood energy village in Ollerton on Monday, July 18.
Then, after dealing with that fire, they were approached by a member of the public on a bike telling them there was a fire at another pit tip. This one was Ollerton pit woods off Newark Road, meaning the crews had to act quickly to get to the fire and put that one out.
They have urged members of the public to not discard cigarettes on the ground, not light camp fires and to take empty bottles away with them and place them in bins.
Live Nottingham heatwave updates as temperatures expected to reach 39C - read more here.
A spokesperson for Tuxford Fire Station said: "Busy evening for the crew again last night - attending one incident on the pit tip behind Sherwood energy village in Ollerton, this was a difficult situation regarding access in order to get an appliance up there, as we had to negotiate a couple of gates to get close enough with the truck.
"Crew members went ahead on foot with beaters and knapsack sprayers to minimise the spread and environmental impact, bringing the fire under control swiftly and once the appliance arrives gave opportunity for one extended hosereel jet to reach the area, extinguish the fire completely and dampen down the surrounding area as well."
The spokesperson continued: "Again very similar in nature to the first incident but this was spreading quite fast due to wind direction.. Luckily we were able to arrive promptly with water and it wasn’t too far from the main track! Two crew members descended on it with beaters to stop the spread and this time we used 2 hosereel jets to get on top of it quickly!"
Monday (July 18) was officially the hottest day in Nottinghamshire since records began. Temperatures reached a scorching 36.7°C all-time high at Sutton Bonington - with temperatures expected to get hotter on Tuesday (July 19).
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