Suffolk wildfire: ‘Major incident’ declared with homes evacuated

Firefighters have began to dig breakers around a major blaze in Suffolk using machinery from nearby Sizewell nuclear plant.

A major incident was declared on Thursday morning after the heathland at Dunwich, on the Suffolk coast, caught fire.

The blaze has now reached 150 hectares in size on Thursday afternoon. Initial estimates by the fire service put it at 10 hectares at 6:00am.

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