Fire chief says summer, UK’s hottest on record, was ‘one of the most challenging for wildfires we’ve ever faced’

At least 12,454 grassland, woodland or crop fires were recorded by fire services in England in the three months from March to May 2025 … This is more than four times the 2,621 incidents logged by these services in the same period in 2024 and is the highest spring total for more than a decade.