Warning over lighting fires in open after blaze in Pen Coed Wood

* The station's narrow 32M1 appliance used to deal 

with the fire in Pen Coed Wood.

Llangollen Fire station is warning about the dangers of lighting fires in woods after its crew were called to tackle a tricky underground blaze in Pen Coed yesterday (Friday) morning.

And it is calling for extra caution with extremely high temperatures predicted for the next couple of days. 

A post on the station's Facebook page says: "09:40 today 32M1 attended a fire in Pen Coed Wood, Llangollen. 

"The fire had crept underground popping up in a different place. Crews used a high pressure lance to create a fire break and extinguisher the fire. 

"32M1 is our narrow access vehicle and can get to places the fire engine couldn’t. It can travel up to fires on hard standing ground. 

"Please take care when lighting fires in woods they can spread very quickly in these dry, warm conditions. 

"Please take extra care over the weekend as temperatures a set to rise to over 30 degrees."