Wildfires burn across UK as fire chiefs warn of extreme pressure

Wildfires burn across UK as fire chiefs warn of extreme pressureTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Watch: Drone footage - filmed last month - showed the scale of the moorland wildfireByOlivia IrelandPublished4 minutes agoWildfires continue to burn across the UK as firefighters face "extreme pressure" due to the prolonged heatwave, the chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has warned.Phil Garrigan told BBC Breakfast that the dry weather increased the risk of uncontrollable fires and said: "There's no real respite... There doesn't seem to be any rain forecast and that becomes problematic".Around 19 fires remain active across the country, he added.Major incidents were declared in Conwy, north Wales, and in Glossop, Derbyshire, on Sunday, with firefighters continuing to tackle the flames on Tuesday.To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, The blaze broke out near Conwy Mountain and the Sychnant Pass in Conwy county on SundayWildfires over the weekend also affected Hampshire, Durham, West Sussex, East Sussex, Devon and Somerset.In Wales, the major incident declared over the Conwy wildfire has now been brought under control, according to North Wales Fire and Rescue Service assistant chief fire officer Justin Evans. But firefighters are still tackling several active blazes, including in Braichmelyn forestry near Bethesda and the Rhinogydd mountain range near Harlech.Farmer Gareth Wyn Jones, whose land borders the Conwy Mountain, said he had "never seen anything of that scale"."It was unreal," he said, adding that while ponies grazing on the mountain had escaped, he feared for a neighbour's pigs as flames swept through surrounding land. "The biggest worry was that they were going to suffocate in the smoke, but the smoke did carry over them," he said, confirmin...