Video: Firefighters joined farmers and gamekeepers in tackling a Peak District blaze caused by a cigarette thrown from a car

Firefighters said the suspected ignition source was a thrown cigarette from a vehicle.The video was posted on the Peak District Moorland Group Facebook page, set up to give a voice to the Moorland managers and rural business's within the Peak District.A spokesman for the group said: “Without this response we would have been looking at another huge blaze and more loss of moorland habitat and wildlife.”

Rain this weekend has seen some respite after a series of fires caused by irresponsible behaviour swept through the Peak District during the recent dry period.

Bamford Edge near Ladybower reservoir was engulfed in flames last Saturday, sending thick smoke billowing down the Derwent valley, while firefighters from Hathersage station tackled another blaze which raged at The Dale in Hathersage the same night.

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