British fires on warmest winter day ever

By Jon Super
Updated February 27 2019 - 7:18pm, first published 7:14pm
One of the blazes is the Gorse fire below Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh.
One of the blazes is the Gorse fire below Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh.

Firefighters have battled a series of wildfires in Britain, including a large moorland blaze outside the northern English city of Manchester, as the country experienced its warmest winter weather on record.

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