Number of wildfires recorded in England in 2026 was second highest on record

Devastating blaze near Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk among a record 624 wildfires in July this year This July was the worst on record for wildfires in England, provisional data shows, with England experiencing a clear upward trend in the total number of wildfires…

England's very hot summer fuelled the second-highest number of wildfires on recent record, according to provisional government figures.