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A group of young people was spotted fleeing a new outbreak of forest in Lancashire amid fears of arson as hundreds of firefighters struggled to contain the heathland fires in Greater Manchester.
According to Dave Russel, Deputy Fire Chief of Lancashire, the fire was quickly contained, he said, after a helicopter carrying water was diverted from Winter Hill, four miles away, where a major incident was declared Saturday night.
On Friday, a 22-year-old Bolton man was arrested following the Winter Hill fire. He was suspected of arson with the intention of endangering life but was released pending further investigations.
On Sunday, roads were closed around Winter Hill, on the border between Bolton, Greater Manchester and Lancashire. threatening a key telecommunications mast that provides TV and radio signals for 7m homes.
Much of the firefighting was focused on protecting forests and wildlife on the Lancashire side, just outside the village of Belmont.
Vinny Merritt had been awake all night, nervously watching Bolton's flames and the house he shared with his wife, Carolyn Hutton
"From 12.30 pm, I was watching the fire towards us." , he said. At 0630, when the fire fell within 100 meters of their home on Belmont Road, a knock was reported at the door. It was a firefighter.
"I said," do you need us to go? Hutton recalls, she had already packed a bag just in case …
But the couple were told that the firefighters had a plan, they were going to light a deliberate fire in front of the fire, and then extinguish the firewall with water so that when the fire arrives, there would be no more fuel to burn. "Then they said," If the pressure comes to push, we will also extinguish your home "," Merritt laughed.
Showing the nonsense spirit that has reigned in northwestern England since the cotton famines, the couple took the fireman to the word and put on the grill. "We took them a few bacon barms," said Hutton. "They worked so hard. They have bulbs everywhere. Then we went to the shop to buy them Lucozade – they said, because normal water runs through them – and the store did not let us pay. "
Merritt had only praise for the fire department." These guys died, they worked 20 hours in a row, some of them, and yet the government thanks them for cutting their budgets. "
From time to time, helicopters carrying water tanks flew overhead.On Sunday, the Lancashire fire asked the public to Stop bombing the drones saying they were threatening the lives of the pilots
In front of Hutton and Merritt, volunteers from the Lancaster area (Lasar) were helping the pilots. Water and a pump on the side of the hill On Saturday, Lancashire firefighters had appealed to anyone with a soft-track vehicle to contact them
Buckhurst Plant Hire near Rossendale , offered them two Hagglunds, old military tracked vehicles capable of harry any terrain. Lasar offered two drivers. "To climb the hill, you have to cross two mbadive water gullies that you can walk through but not with a normal vehicle.We used the Hagglunds to transport pumps, 1000 liters of water. water and a nebulizer unit, which is essentially a glorified jet washer, that will spray water over a large area, "said Paul Calland, director of operations.
As they worked, they have Strawberry Cornettos were offered by Alexa Dias, four, and her sister Erica, three. "They wanted to come and say thank you," said their father, Trevor Dias, "The ice cream was gratefully received." I think it will be the best ice cream of my life, "said Russel, while he was checking his crews.
All firefighters said how they had been backed by public support. In Stalybridge, where a seven-mile fire squares raging on Saddleworth Moor since d Last January, Janine East offered free tokens to all emergency workers.
She and her four-year-old daughter were evacuated from their Carrbrook home on Tuesday night when the flames arrived within 200 meters of their property.
"I wanted to offer them food and free drinks because they work very hard," she said. "It's so hot and they carry heavy equipment on such rough and uneven terrain."
It was a scary week, she said, "When we were evacuated I could not see a thing out the window, it was that smoked.You could just see glowing embers floating at When we left, I had a wet towel on my head and a pillow covering my daughter's face.It was terrifying. "
Everyone is very grateful to the service of ################################################################################# Fire for saving their homes, she said, which is why they were gathering. "People can not do enough for firefighters."
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