{"id":368853,"date":"2026-08-10T22:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-firefighters-across-the-country-are-trying-to-contain-raging-wildfires\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:00:24","slug":"how-firefighters-across-the-country-are-trying-to-contain-raging-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-firefighters-across-the-country-are-trying-to-contain-raging-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"How firefighters across the country are trying to contain &#8216;raging&#8217; wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jhrHGeub0-c\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How firefighters across the country are trying to contain 'raging' wildfires\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jhrHGeub0-c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought, with 45 million people living in affected areas, following a dry start to August.<\/p>\n<p>The National Drought Group has warned all regions of the country are experiencing pressure on their water resources &#8211; with increasing impacts across agriculture, public supplies, navigation, and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>The East Midlands, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Kent, East Sussex, Solent and the South Downs became the latest to move into drought status on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>This takes the total to 45 million people in a drought area &#8211; and more than 27 million people are now living under restrictions on water use.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters are continuing to tackle a \u201cdevastating\u201d blaze on internationally protected heathland in the New Forest National Park, sparked by a vehicle which caught fire.<\/p>\n<p>The area hit by the blaze is protected heathland which is home to a number of rare species, according to the New Forest National Park Authority.<\/p>\n<p>Wildfires are also raging in Wales and Cambridgeshire.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought, with 45 million people living in affected areas, following a dry start to August. 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