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In south Wales, about 14 separate fires were being tackled by crews on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Mid and West Wales Fire Rescue and Service said crews were dealing with blazes at Rhandirmwyn and Ammanford in Carmarthenshire and Hay-on-Wye and Brecon in Powys on Sunday.<\/p>\n
They have also attended fires in Gorseinon, Swansea, and Tenby, Pembrokeshire, as well as an incident involving smoke in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.<\/p>\n
Fire service manager, Geraint Thomas, described tree-height flames spreading in a pine forest in the Rhandirmwyn area of Carmarthenshire.<\/p>\n
He said the perimeter of the fire expanded to 480 hectares with areas of broadleaved woodland, mountain moorland as well as pine forest burning within it.<\/p>\n
“It’s really challenging terrain in places,” he said. <\/p>\n
“The majority of the fire is quite deep-seated in the pine forest. We were limited in what we could see.”<\/p>\n
The Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service area manager said the flames are now under control thanks largely to much cooler conditions on Friday.<\/p>\n
Chris Bryant, MP for Rhondda and Ogmore, said a fire in Treherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf, had been “appalling” and he thanked crews from London who had provided assistance.<\/p>\n
“Thankfully, there are fire engines from all over the UK and two helicopters have been in place all afternoon.<\/p>\n
“I’m immensely impressed by the fire workers. But this can’t be our new normal,” he said, in a post on X, external<\/span><\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n Monahan praised the Royal Logistics Corps and Royal Engineers in ensuring crews had water to tackle the fires.<\/p>\n “The Welsh water system is under pressure, so they’re moving vast quantities of water from areas that we have it into areas where we’re fighting the fire, so that we don’t put too much pressure on the water system,” he said.<\/p>\n “That’s something people probably aren’t aware of.”<\/p>\n