UK heatwave: How did the Wennington fire spread?

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Жыл бұрын

At least 17 houses were destroyed in the huge grass fire in Wennington, London on 19 July.
It came on the hottest day ever recorded in the UK, when the London Fire Brigade dealt with more than 1,000 incidents.
So, what exactly happened?
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@theresenydahl9531 Жыл бұрын

It's a miracle no one died in that horrendous blaze.

@multicolorroses9247 Жыл бұрын

Bomb threats evacuate

@hello-sz7hp Жыл бұрын

@@multicolorroses9247 please buy a new one

@michjesto2038 Жыл бұрын

We've had 2 fires = by arsonist in past months in streatham norbury.... prayers go out to everyone who's been a victim

@michjesto2038 Жыл бұрын

Grass fires

@hello-sz7hp Жыл бұрын

Ant-dee-dee light

@hello-sz7hp Жыл бұрын

@@michjesto2038 touch the grass

@robert6106 Жыл бұрын

So this was not a grass fire but rather a fire that started due to a home owner and spread to grassland and in turn other homes?

@paxundpeace9970 Жыл бұрын

Probably. Difficult to tell.

@juliee.7072 Жыл бұрын

Compost heap caught fire

@robert6106 Жыл бұрын

@@juliee.7072 Home owner's responsibility to maintain it, so if confirmed it's 100% a home owner issue.

@royrj5517 Жыл бұрын

Looks a bit suspicious to me

@davidlloyd2583 Жыл бұрын

WHY NO FIRES THE DAY BEFORE THE HOTTEST DAY....?

@dropas4136 Жыл бұрын

Arson seems to have increased here in sweden last 5-6 years and so trough europé...scary and cowards acts !

@Brummie31 Жыл бұрын

Stop people with boxes of matches.

@benjiskitts Жыл бұрын

How it spread is of no importance, how it started on the other hand ✋🏻….

@aardvarkmcgillicuddy Жыл бұрын

It's well known that compost can sponatenouesly combust. If I'd have been the neighbour in the occupied house, I would have been checking on that regularily.

@l.l.9394 Жыл бұрын

I lived in Madrid which annually reaches temperatures of 40+ degrees in summer and there are no such cataclysmic events. A few twisted fire starters and a few careless people lacking in common sense I reckon in this case.

@frostedlambs Жыл бұрын

different culture and different fauna. its a huge problem in Australia and America. it has nothing to do with careless people

@tonyhussey3610 Жыл бұрын

@@frostedlambs many wildfires here in Portugal are caused by careless people out in the woods.. in thier garden ect..also many wild fires are caused by arson here.. I am sure Australia and the states are no different

@l.l.9394 Жыл бұрын

Having said that, I hope that our cities will not need to have the number and expanse of green spaces radically reduced as a result.

@l.l.9394 Жыл бұрын

@@frostedlambs different flora...

@declassified1 Жыл бұрын

Spontaneously combusting houses, "bullshit " . I lived in Texas for years and its this temperature throughout the summer, guess what ... their wooden houses don't fkn explode in the heat 🤭

@LabzAli Жыл бұрын

Respect To The Fire Brigades

@ThePierre58 Жыл бұрын

Arsonists should get heavy prison sentences.

@titteryenot4524 Жыл бұрын

Bloody quickly, by the looks of it! 🔥

@cosmoray9750 Жыл бұрын

70's Soul kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNufYNeBmNWZn6c.html

@231darren Жыл бұрын

if that started in a compost bin how come the field behind it was on fire when the wind was bolwing across the field towards the back of house where the compost bin was

@elwolf8536 Жыл бұрын

I noticed that

@janeseacombe9078 Жыл бұрын

Not possible is it .

@ouchgout5705 Жыл бұрын

Distraction

@peterjackson2736 Жыл бұрын

Does 40C heat cause spontaneous combustion? Was the time of the month a contributing factor? Suddenly, so many fires starting on the same day across the country; could this be anthropogenic? Does “arson” have a hidden, silent “x” before the “r”?

@deanfowles3707 Жыл бұрын

dunno about 40 degrees heat, but anything dark coloured could get way past 40 degrees certainly

@annettewilford7568 Жыл бұрын

@@deanfowles3707 dark coloured??

@frankderks1150 Жыл бұрын

Stacked hay and compost heaps can spontaneously combust under the right circumstances.

@ayembic7933 Жыл бұрын

@@deanfowles3707 don't try to reason with him he's clearly a moron

@deanfowles3707 Жыл бұрын

@@annettewilford7568 dark things attract heat more, a black roof will be considerably hotter than a white roof on a sunny day

@astrobuddsy6230 Жыл бұрын

Smells like bullshit to me.

@annwornell7510 Жыл бұрын

And our idiot Mr Johnson cut the Fire Brigade and shut Fire Stations. Telling the interviewer that we would have less fires, when asked how this would work. His answer was " Get Stuffed". Hope Tory voters remember this, especially as our World is heating up.

@sha1647 Жыл бұрын

Tory voters simply don’t care, that’s why they vote Tory

@cosmoray9750 Жыл бұрын

70's Soul kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNufYNeBmNWZn6c.html

@paxundpeace9970 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reminder.

@gregorygray3283 Жыл бұрын

Stop using asphalt anywhere. Asphalt shingles and roads reflect and absorb heat 30 degree temperature asphalt 46 that makes all surrounding areas extremely hot. Roof shingles same math.

@declassified1 Жыл бұрын

Wrong, they use asphalt shingles throughout the U.S. they don't ignite in the sun 🤭

@2010gtoner Жыл бұрын

box of matches?

@aioncrypto974 Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry….. multiple fires at different spots on the same day. Ladies & gentlemen these were deliberately set

@alexbell8687 Жыл бұрын

I agree 💯 percent

@hollyylloh515 Жыл бұрын

Compost internal combustion 🔥🔥

@Blissblizzard Жыл бұрын

They went green - then orangey red 🔥

@lmg7503 Жыл бұрын

The roofs do not look in very good repair where the fire didn't reach?

@fraserweir538 Жыл бұрын

Something closer to journalism from Sky eventually. However a simple visit to Google maps and the “compost heap” turns out to be two substantial piles of trash and no doubt glass.

@danielevans9106 Жыл бұрын

I maybe wrong but off duty crew could had been used as I spotted a pump at the fire station and why wasn't more pumps called to assist

@philipgoddard4508 Жыл бұрын

Holiday resorts across the globe would view our recent temperatures as par for the course and must be wondering why Britain is suffering multiple outbreaks of fire. Even more bizarre, our food factories are going up in flames - even on overcast days. Very strange... almost like it was done on purpose!

@alexbell8687 Жыл бұрын

Without a doubt

@Boppa1260 Жыл бұрын

Correct

@louiseharper1958 Жыл бұрын

Think compost heaps should be banned tbh thats wat we have garden recycling bin for but still people dump it in there gardens

@philipalmond6908 Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget your garden recycling bins are just another,compost heap with a fancy name Beware

@tonyhussey3610 Жыл бұрын

Im in Portugal with regular 40 plus and dry weather... Compost piles here don't just combust like that... Especially if the house is unattended... Takes a special balence of carbon and nitrogen waste to get a pile hot.. This was something else..

@alexbell8687 Жыл бұрын

@@tonyhussey3610 arsonists climate change activists

@michaelgriffiths5723 Жыл бұрын

Sky News how can we prevent spontaneous combustion on my house if it reaches 40C again? I didn’t take any precautions, was I just lucky? Please help

@Zaf2010 Жыл бұрын

It can start in a pile of wet fabric, in the 60s a big flour mill caught fire in a big heap of wet hessian sacks, hay bales can catch light if baled wet and stacked in a barn

@moziburrahman5002 Жыл бұрын

Stop the war, think about the people, respect the basic rights of the people of the world equally.

@Distempetor Жыл бұрын

What war

@sha1647 Жыл бұрын

@@Distempetor War in Ukraine brainiac

@hello-sz7hp Жыл бұрын

@@Distempetor the drone war

@hello-sz7hp Жыл бұрын

@@sha1647 brainiac ab bunch of luminated symbols pointing to a rich buy a new one

@redsea6266 Жыл бұрын

That doesn't look like any east London i know - never heard of it.

@ianrazey8412 Жыл бұрын

London borough of Havering. Near Rainham.

@Mike_5 Жыл бұрын

Too many Trampolines here in peoples' gardens

@NimerionTech Жыл бұрын

Where are our tax money going?????? Why was that fire not stopped in time? The fire doesn't seem to have been big. Also, why the hell are landowners fighting the fire, and why the hell are SKY news choppers there before the national fire brigade? Who's going to pay these people?

@realitygaming4088 Жыл бұрын

Thats heartbreaking

@syarifidayat Жыл бұрын

That was hugeeee grasslands

@theunitedkingdom5202 Жыл бұрын

Respect to the emergency employees

@CC-km3ch 8 ай бұрын

For failing to put out the fires?

@theunitedkingdom5202 8 ай бұрын

That was pretty much a wildfire+atleast they tried+look at the other fires they **have** put out+ police are decent, need more of them though+paramedic s are good= respect

@CC-km3ch 8 ай бұрын

@@theunitedkingdom5202 intentions aren't as useful as results

@OldLordSpeedy Жыл бұрын

In the Federal Republic of Germany if we call a full fire station with all fire apparatus and personnel out we run the sirens and people alarm from the next voluntary fire station how to enter this empty station - specially at this kind of emergency. I think then the firefighters can starts earlier after the first emercency call. The other what I do not understand why the bin owner put flammable goods into his/her bin? Why someone should be so stupid? It is very bad that the fire kill the plants on the field but it is more bad that so many homeowners loose her/his house. I hope the insurance of them will pay all - but they're can't give back photos or other unique rare own things. My condolences to them! 😱😭

@angelaharvey2034 Жыл бұрын

Often fires are caused by arsonists or people leaving material that can combust. This is not caused by climate change. On my 24th birthday (nearly 35 years ago) my next door neighbours shed caught alight because of internal combustion. People drop cigaret ends on dry grasslands and set fires. The bad actions of individuals are often the cause of fires.

@Ronariverah Жыл бұрын

Sure but dropping a cigarette on wet ground is different from Wet moist ground. Conditions matter. I guess the future will tell. Hope it's not climate change. But if it is be 🙏 won't matter.

@alexbell8687 Жыл бұрын

@@Ronariverah climate change my arse all manufacturerd by governments and the WEF

@paxundpeace9970 Жыл бұрын

Why is the grass dry?

@drewok1967 Жыл бұрын

Yes...40 record breaking degree weather has absolutely nothing to do with climate change leading to forest fires lol. KZfaq comment section packed to the brim with conspiracy fed, uneducated morons as usual. This is practically as dumb as saying guns don't kill people, people kill people

@MrSteveykk Жыл бұрын

What are they going to say when we have a colder/less sunny summer like we did a few years ago? Climate change (global warming) is bullshit.

@leifcian4288 Жыл бұрын

Please I hope we can take an interest in how landscape watershed patterns can be improved...

@trevorhill9633 Жыл бұрын

It was arson nothing to do with the hottest day, dry grass and some dimwit playing with a lighter

@JP-xd6fm Жыл бұрын

I still can't believe the fireman being so close couldn't stop it before!

@rogerhargreaves2272 Жыл бұрын

They were attending another incident. It states this in the report.

@louiseharper1958 Жыл бұрын

There were 5 miles away at another fire so bit hard to be everywhere at same time

@paxundpeace9970 Жыл бұрын

5 miles away at another incident

@craiglatham Жыл бұрын

Should have seen the response to the bombing in Manchester. 3 hours before the first firefighter entered the building.

@stephenvarney3923 Жыл бұрын

Who started it ?

@amsaleworkdesta2366 Жыл бұрын

The sun

@Diana1000Smiles Жыл бұрын

Climate changes.

@sonsaraeronnow4404 Жыл бұрын

Russisan arsonist?

@amsaleworkdesta2366 Жыл бұрын

@@Diana1000Smiles the sun

@amsaleworkdesta2366 Жыл бұрын

@@sonsaraeronnow4404 naw its the sun

@peterfalkner4436 Жыл бұрын

I was in wanny 1994 we did the same

@garykillington4915 Жыл бұрын

Its year 2050 and sky news is still talking about the Wennington fire

@mohammadrahimi7813 Жыл бұрын

Hope all...................

@stdvincent859 Жыл бұрын

Notice how the Church was untouched Build houses like the church 👍

@shauncorless8965 Жыл бұрын

I hope the insurance company's don't drag there feet ,🤔

@DavidWoods-rk8st Жыл бұрын

I didn't even know

@pimpette2405 9 ай бұрын

2:07 so the church was the safest place to be 😮 everything burned around it but it looks untouched

@stuartlee8041 Жыл бұрын

Arsonists, fires don't start on their own

@hollyylloh515 Жыл бұрын

Stay positive with Sherpa 😇♥️🐕🤗🤗🤗

@jeffreyroberts7438 Жыл бұрын

Just a shame for those poor homeowners the fire brigade that was stationed very close to their homes had been sent out to deal with a brush fire.

@bullshitstomper9417 Жыл бұрын

Can’t have compost now. Ts a fire hazard

@imperatorvespasian3125 Жыл бұрын

bad council decisions

@xknoxx23x67 Жыл бұрын

It just shows how under funded the fire brigade is

@Clarky006 Жыл бұрын

Arsonists - “perfect day to start some fires” Sky news - “global warming caused this”

@nattyc7711 Жыл бұрын

Do sad :(

@arslansattar5699 Жыл бұрын

Why still no financial help offer by government to victims of fire disaster???? Weird and strange

@davidatkinson5858 Жыл бұрын

I'm confused why all those fires were centred around London but the rest of the country had the same conditions for a week🤔

@johnmason1239 Жыл бұрын

10 million people live in Greater London& millions more visitors & commuters than any other city . So potentially around 10xs the 999 calls+ less gaps between houses increasing the risk. Also the largest chunk of concrete in Europe soaks up heat

@davidatkinson5858 Жыл бұрын

@@johnmason1239 yeah but no f fires outside of the London area? But same weather

@joshuahawkes7218 Жыл бұрын

@@davidatkinson5858 There were loads of fires outside London, just the news only reports on London

@davidatkinson5858 Жыл бұрын

@@joshuahawkes7218 nah it was mainly in and around London mate.

@wiltonwilson8424 Жыл бұрын

Everyone was talking about they can't wait till Christmas is over and the Sun come back out summer to go party

@Padge112 Жыл бұрын

Billy Joel didn't start it though. Maybe the that lad from Prodigy

@kcc3090 Жыл бұрын

Deliberate

@peterfalkner4436 Жыл бұрын

Arson

@john-yg2fh Жыл бұрын

Boris did it

@nord1486 Жыл бұрын

How is it only those houses that burned down and nowhere else? Houses do not simply catch fire in a heatwave

@abidshigribaltistan3739 Жыл бұрын

God is Anhgry to All peppoles living in this erth ,

@Old_Mrs__Rader Жыл бұрын

Trump said it was going to cool down!?!? What the hell is going on?

@quicktech2506 Жыл бұрын

US and Europe felt the hands of the almighty God. more will come

@TheWaveGoodbye-Music Жыл бұрын

Its climate change, something there's evidence for. God on the other hand... Now stop trying to ram your religion down peoples throats.

@davecooper3238 Жыл бұрын

Which god. There are so many. The Hindus alone have about ten major gods.

@blublu8287 Жыл бұрын

First of all..The house owners water pressure and lack of pumps to push the water from the garden hose is poor..Secondly the fire department is not alert and failed to see a fire has started.Thirdly in an area where there is open fields the fire team must have fire tankers for use not those baby trucks.....the mp for that area needs to be fired immediately.

@davecooper3238 Жыл бұрын

The local MP can in effect do sweet Fanny Adams. He/she can jump up & down all they like. But in the end the people at the top allocated the resources.

@aerilim4901 Жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in the Phillipines: too rainy and floody

@typhoon2827 Жыл бұрын

I suspect someone somewhere has financial difficulties and will be cashing in the insurance. Just a hunch.

@peterfalkner4436 Жыл бұрын

Aeson

@TomNook. Жыл бұрын

Great analysis. But where is the best place to live? We are told to grow trees and have fields Vs concrete so heat is not radiated back to buildings. But these people are living in such an area, and yet suffer wildfires!

@steve10 Жыл бұрын

Didn't they find some sort of cooking equipment at the source , I imagine human behaviour is at the heart but rather than discover the actual truth it was conveniently passed off as propaganda for a campaign designed to make humans pay more for fuel and suffer this idea wind and solar panels in the UK can run a home. The most responsible thing to do at this time of war by Russia is to use our own resources of coal and allow people some time off from suffering at the hands of those in charge making monumental mistakes

@janeseacombe9078 Жыл бұрын

Bbq

@chinko45_45 Жыл бұрын

Water soccer

@gabrielachira2233 Жыл бұрын

whay corona virus no come yet parlament make money

@john-yg2fh Жыл бұрын

Taser the bottom feeder

@AR-ZONA Жыл бұрын

It’s time for the UK to train with the USFS, CAnada and Australia on how to manage wildland urban interface fires

@craiglatham Жыл бұрын

Shut up

@paulslater9061 Жыл бұрын

Go on enlighten us how did it spread

@Diana1000Smiles Жыл бұрын

Winds. Global warming is a catastrophe.

@paulslater9061 Жыл бұрын

@@Diana1000Smiles ha ha got any better jokes

@valeriegrimshaw1365 Жыл бұрын

Methane from landfill that's buried in the area.

@michaelshield7113 Жыл бұрын

had nothing to do with climate change.

@gabrielamaya2964 Жыл бұрын

Stay strong Brits, your ancestors colonized entire nation in this heat.

@peterfalkner4436 Жыл бұрын

I fake news

@DarylBaines Жыл бұрын

"Busiest day since WWII" .... blah, blah, blah ... Blitz Spirit ... blah, blah, blah ... media loving it 😡

@benidictnelbert 9 ай бұрын

It was Arson a tik tok trend all the youths were doing it all across the country.

@teresacaldwell0220 Жыл бұрын

Such a bad fire for all the people involved. And the only thing let standing is the Church ..

@CarolPrice4p Жыл бұрын

The Sky News helicopter spotted a fire . Helicopters frequently fly over the area where i live - please can police in helicopters be alert for small fires and inform fire fighters? Get some brains on the problem... and maybe some water on dry areas 💦

@Teddygamer263 11 ай бұрын

Alfie is my uncle

@rehmatullah9229 Жыл бұрын

Where are police they protect where are they?

@johnhooper7040 Жыл бұрын

I've never seen anything like this before! Usually a fire in a terraced house only causes quite minor damage to the adjacent properties until brought under control by the fire brigade. This incident shows how the combination of very hot weather and a strong dry wind cases fire to spread to a whole row of houses, fences, garages and overgrown gardens. These are scenes we are more familiar seeing in TV reports from the US and Australia. Maybe we need to have more rigorous rules about allowing land to become overgrown with plants too near to houses, like both those countries do! We have to adapt to the new normal as well as doing all we can to reduce our carbon emissions to avoid making the climate crisis worse.

@nettiebetti1484 Жыл бұрын

The church isn't flammable 🙂

@anthonywilson8998 Жыл бұрын

Rubbish. All due to wind and travel through timber sections of roofs with closeness of houses to each other, Also too few fire brigade units delaying despite station only 100 yards away. This aspect is shocking and would have happened on any hot Summer day. GET REAL

@OmegaLegion Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Diiiiie!!!

@craiglatham Жыл бұрын

It was a farmer who was swealing his stubble and the wind changed. Houses built next to the field should be complaining to the developer

@jpve1 Жыл бұрын

I think it was lit be goverment agents to help kick off there climate crisis hoax

@sunchildofsirius2462 Жыл бұрын

Spot on .

@dandaniell1 Жыл бұрын

Fact check. 1858 was hotter at 48 degrees. The great stink of London

@johnathanbulled4846 Жыл бұрын

hello - thanks for posting this, makes for very interesting reading. the quote I've found is "in the shade in London averaged 34-36 °C (93-97 °F)-rising to 48 °C (118 °F) in the sun" and the number we should be comparing is the 36 degrees rather than 48 since temperature measurements need to be taken in the shade to avoid radiative heating. (The measurements in heathrow will have been done in the shade, for example.) I suppose that the errors were much bigger in those days too. Bloody hot in any case.