{"id":369193,"date":"2026-08-11T22:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fires-burn-across-the-country-as-the-uk-faces-its-hottest-summer-on-record\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T22:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:00:32","slug":"fires-burn-across-the-country-as-the-uk-faces-its-hottest-summer-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fires-burn-across-the-country-as-the-uk-faces-its-hottest-summer-on-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Fires burn across the country as the UK faces it&#8217;s hottest summer on record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/FIlNzVs8nLo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Fires burn across the country as the UK faces it's hottest summer on record\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FIlNzVs8nLo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Firefighters are continuing to tackle a wildfire in Blaenau Gwent, with a helicopter deployed to help efforts to contain the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>The wildfire around Llangynidr Reservoir, in Ebbw Vale, has been declared a major incident due to the number of resources needed to tackle it, including a specialist helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as the summer of 2026 is on course to be the UK&#8217;s warmest on record, the Met Office has said.<\/p>\n<p>Provisional Met Office statistics show the mean temperature for summer so far, from June 1, is 16.48C &#8211; 1.88C above the 1991 to 2020 average.<\/p>\n<p>To match the 16.12C recorded in 2025 &#8211; currently the UK\u2019s warmest summer on record &#8211; the rest of August would only need to be 0.21C below the long-term average.<\/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>Firefighters are continuing to tackle a wildfire in Blaenau Gwent, with a helicopter deployed to help efforts to contain the blaze. 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