Photo shows scorched grass damaged in Longley Park following latest blaze
Firefighters raced to the scene
This is the scorched remains of a grass fire on Longley Park following the latest blaze on a Sheffield green space.
South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue rushed to the park off Barnsley Road, not far from Northern General Hospital, after the grass caught alight at around 2pm on Tuesday, July 28.
Photos of the aftermath show the dry, yellow grass on the park charred black across an area approximately 50 metres long.
It is the latest blaze to hit the city’s green spaces.
Recent fires have hit areas including Graves Park, a green space next Wensley Street in Wincobank, as well as Grenoside Woods and woods in Hackenthorpe.
Meanwhile, a significant fire broke out on Woodhead Pass following a car crash.
Most parts of England and Wales are now at very high or exceptional risk of wildfires becoming severe, according to a Met Office fire severity index.
The index evaluates the probable severity of a wildfire in England and Wales should one break out.
It comes as fire crews have fought a moorland blaze on the Peak District at Tintwistle Moor, near Glossop, for more than a month, and is now rated as one of the biggest wildfires ever seen in England.