Drone footage has revealed the extent of damage caused by a field fire during the heatwave earlier this week.
Three fields off Bedmond Road, between Abbots Langley and Bedmond, went up in flames on Tuesday evening following a day where temperatures reached nearly 40C.
Eight fire engines attended with the blaze brought under control after around an hour-and-a-half.
At first, there were fears the fire could spread rapidly across the fields and even reach a nearby site where caravans and mobile homes are situated.
Fortunately, there were no injuries or damaged properties but drone footage has shown just how much damage was caused with large swathes of field completely burnt out.
Read more: Passers-by rushed to help over fears fire could spread to homes
Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue dealt with more than 400 emergency calls prompting a ‘major incident’ to be declared at around 6pm.
The major incident was stood down on Wednesday morning in what was one of the fire service’s busiest time periods in its history.
Chief fire officer Alex Woodman said: “The scale of the service-wide challenge has been huge, and the response of all staff has been incredible.
“Our firefighters responded to a significant volume of multiple and concurrent incidents across Hertfordshire and neighbouring areas, and all on-call firefighters across the county made themselves available."
Officer Woodman added: “My heartfelt thanks have gone out to all who stepped up during one of the busiest days in HFRS history; under extraordinary conditions we were able to keep our residents safe.”
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