The 7cm Grass Rule Firefighters Say May Help Fireproof Your Garden

Here's how to protect your back yard as temperatures continue to soar.

Right now, there’s an “exceptional” risk of wildfires in parts of the UK (especially the sunnier South of England and the lower parts of the Midlands).

Hot, dry conditions, influenced by the back-to-back heatwaves we’ve experienced so far, are continuing into the longest period of unusually hot weather in years.

That means that something as simple as a glass bottle or embers that travelled on the wind risk setting spaces like your garden aflame, the........

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