London's Burning

[ThePumpkinPatch]

I can't believe what I've just seen on the news... I'm genuinely gobsmacked and really praying for all those affected.

How do these temperatures set so many buildings alight in London, when hot countries (who predominantly have homes built of wood & to a lesser standard) don't? I know there's wildfires but they're usually started in woodlands/foliage (that haven't seen a single drop of rain in months) aren't they?

I guess I'm just shocked that that it obviously has been hot enough to set buildings alight 😳 Those images on Sky News are what I've always imagined the end of the world to look like and it's shocked me. Here in North Yorkshire it's currently 35° (was 40° earlier) but thankfully it's very windy - as always.

I know compost heaps can combust, thats why I always hose mine regularly in hot weather.

We had a heap of wood chippings at our allotment that started to smoke one year, luckily v close to a hosepipe.

I live in a rural south area and we get a few fires every summer, tractors, wheat fields and hay bales. It quite normal in summer.

There aren't fires all over London!!!

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Same as Eltham . Hardly semi-rural .

No they're not, they're hot.

According to the Mayor, speaking to ITV at about 6;45 there were a dozen major fires across London, the largest two requiring a total of 55 fire-engines.

And there was no spare capacity, despite cancelled leave.

The map showed dots scattered across the capital

Are you saying that the Mayor misspoke and ITV reported wrongly?

Or are you assuming that 'all over London' means something other than the distribution shown and different phrasing should be used?

The Croydon fires are in the Shirley Hills, which is a wooded area

squirmofeels I'm not interested in debating what the mayor means. But the title 'London's Burning' and the OP talking about 'fires all over London' imply a very different picture to reality. Yes, there are fires, but it's not like the whole of London, a massive city, is on fire

Our country really isn’t set up for this kind of weather. Climate change is really scary :(

The fire 🔥 bridgade has asked people not to use any BBQ in these conditions.

An Ozzy on sky news said he was incredulous that there simply wasn't an all out ban??

There have been multiple fires and it’s no coincidence.

It’s not surprising considering even my toddler’s box of crayons melted today!

Is this the A2?

Thr videos I'm seeing being sent around ar horrific.

Probably because Eid ended 10 days ago....

I think the semi rural comment referred to Wennington, which is quite rural. Grass fires around London and the rest of the UK are not unusual. Houses being burnt down is hence it making the news.

I can't even begin to imagine the hell those poor people are going through today.

No, no houses went up and it's so awful what's happened to those who have lost homes and farms today.

There was another fire near us today that wasn't as bad as the one 3 years ago. It's one of the top stories on the BBC app right now.

But Canada isn't a particularly hot country. I've lived there, believe me it's really not!

It is not lucky to have windy weather in hot weather - it is the main reason that wildfires spiral out of control.

The summer was exceptionally hot in 1666, the heat lasted in to September....the temperature really propelled the great fire of London.

I shit you not.

True. What does Fireman Sam suggest.

Fireman Sam shows Norman and Mandy how to regularly turn the compost heap with a fork to let the methane escape.

If you're Mike Flood and don't bother then you get a build up of methane and with the heat or rogue spark...fire.

My son is now a teenager so forgive me if I haven't got the characters correct.

5 houses burned down near me in South Yorkshire. Absolutely awful.

Eh?

Canada's heatwave got up to 50 degrees last summer