Hundreds of forest fires ignited by military exercises “shooting”

Live military training has sparked hundreds of forest fires throughout the countryside in the United Kingdom since 2023, with uninterrupted shells often makes it very dangerous.

The firefighting crews, which fight a vast fire in northern Yorkshire this month, hindered the explosion of bombs and tank shells dating back to Moroccans during World War II.

The BBC figures show that among the 439 forest fires on the land of the Ministry of Defense (MD) between January 2023 and last month, 385 were caused by the current army maneuvers.

The Ministry of Defense said it has a strong forest fire policy that monitors risk levels and limits the use of live ammunition when necessary.

But the local residents near the last fire sites told BBC that they felt that the Ministry of Defense needed to do more to prevent them, including a completely direct training ban in the dryer months.

Forest fires can begin in the countryside for many reasons, including neglected cigarettes, unnoticed camps, barbecue and deliberate burning, and their size can be worse due to dry and hot conditions and the amount of vegetation on the ground.

But according to the data obtained by the British Broadcasting Corporation under the Freedom of Information Law, there were 1,178 huge fires linked to the total current amendment training sites since 2020-with 101 out of 134 forests in the first six months of this year due to military maneuvers or training.

More than 80 fires resulting from training themselves so far this year have been in the so -called “domain risk areas” – also known as “influence areas”.

These are the areas where the level of danger usually means that the local firefighting service is not allowed to reach and the fire is left to burn on its own, although it contains purchases.

Large quantities of producing smoke can close methods, disruption and health risks to the locals, who are directed to keep their windows closed although they are often the most important time of the year.

One of the villagers living near the training site of the Ministry of Defense, Ali Salzbury, said the forest fires there, Like the latter in MayThe “perennial problem” was and the Ministry of Defense had to do more to control it and restrict the use of live munitions out of the hottest months.

Neil Lockhart, of Great Cheverll, near Devizes in Wilesheer, said smoke from the remaining fires to Burn was a major environmental issue and pose a threat to the health and safety of the local population.

“It is pollution. If you suffer as I do with asthma, and this is the height of the summer and you have to keep all your windows closed, this is a problem,” explained Mr. Lockhart.

“He must have seen three or four major fires this year,” said the farmer of agriculture, Tim Dow, who overlooks its land throughout the training site on the Ministry of Defense in Salisbury Plaine.

He said that many local population were concerned about the influence of forest fires on wildlife and landscapes, saying that the area affected by the bristles often seemed “somewhat horrific”, and likened it to “burning savanna”.

But he said that the Ministry of Defense was “very proactive” in keeping the local population with knowledge of the dangers of forest fires and any continuous problems on their lands.

Regardless of the problem of live military training that raises fires, the old, unpopular munitions that left behind from previous maneuvers make forest fires more difficult to fight,

This month has witnessed a large fire burning on Langaleer Moore, in North York Moore’s National Park, since Monday, August 11.

I have seen a number of bombs exploding In the areas that were once used for military training that dates back to World War II.

One of the local landowners, George Wayne Darli, said that the kitting fire produced a “tremendous cloud of pollution” that could have been prevented if there were no live munitions on the site.

He told the BBC: “If this uninterrupted munitions were cleared and there was no, these fascinating fires could have been dealt with, probably, almost two weeks ago,” he told the BBC.

Mr. Wayne Darli called on the Ministry of Defense to clarify any large ammunition that left the Moroccans.

“This seems to be the absolute minimum that they must do,” he said.

“It seems ridiculous that we are here, 80 years after the end of World War II, and we are still dealing with this legacy.”

A spokesman for the Ministry of Defense said that the fire in Langle did not start on land currently owned by the Ministry of Defense, but the team of explosive munitions in the army (EOD) responded on four occasions of requests for help from the North Yorkshire police.

“Several uninterrupted munitions were discovered between World War II era as a result of forest fires, which the EOD player announced an inactive projectile. They were recovered to get rid of them later,” he said.

He added that the Ministry of Defense monitors the danger of fires through its training property throughout the year and restricting the use of ammunition, ammunition and explosives when conducting training during periods of high forest fires.

The “effect areas” are created with fire breaks, such as stone tracks, around them to prevent the spread of the wider fire and grazing to maintain the amount of combustible vegetable cover.

Earlier this month, the Ministry of Defense launched “Domain Respect” campaignDesigned to raise the public’s awareness of the dangers of access to military lands, such as direct shooting, uninterrupted ammunition and forest fires.

A spokeswoman for the National Fire Fire Councils (NFCC) said that she worked closely with the Ministry of Defense “to understand the risks and sites of ammunition and create plans to effectively extinguish fires.”

“We always encourage military colleagues at the expense of circumstances and the possibility of a wildfire when looking at the time of implementing their training.”