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The met office says southern england had its driestjuly in records that began in 1836. i've come to the fire station in wennington to speak to its commander, graham beers. graham, you've been in the fire service for almost 20 years. have you ever had a day quite like the 19th ofjuly? no, 19th ofjuly was just something out of the ordinary. i've been to many grass fires within my 19—year career but the 19th ofjuly, it wasjust something, you know, that i've never experienced before in my career. so, here in wennington, talk me through what happened. i was in another severe incident near rainham...

Wennington, spread so quickly. the met office says southern england had its driest july in records that began in 1836. i've come to the fire station in wennington to speak to its commander, graham beers. graham, you've been in the fire service for almost 20 years. have you ever had a day quite like the 19th ofjuly? no, 19th ofjuly was just something out of the ordinary. i've been to many grass fires within my 19—year career but the 19th ofjuly, it wasjust something, you know, that i've never experienced before in my career. so, here in wennington, talk me through what happened. i was in anot...

Train to flames that can be seen on both sides. summer heat reached new heights in asia, too. for the first time ever, japan hit a0 degrees in the month ofjune and tokyo had its highest june temperature in records going back to 1865. in china, record june temperatures led to thousands trying to cool down in a giant open—air swimming pool in zhengzhou. by august, china was suffering its longest heatwave on record with drought across a huge central swathe of the country. and it was drought combined with heat that helped the uk fires, like this one in wennington, spread so quickly. the met offi...

By august, china was suffering its longest heatwave on record with drought across a huge central swathe of the country. and it was drought combined with heat that helped the uk fires, like this one in wennington, spread so quickly. the met office says southern england had its driest the met office says southern england had its driest july in records that began in 1836. i've come to the fire station in wennington to speak to its commander, graham beers. graham, you've been in the fire service for almost 20 years. have you ever had a day quite like the 19th ofjuly? no, 19th ofjuly was just somet...

For the first time ever, japan hit a0 degrees in the month ofjune and tokyo had its highestjune temperature in records going back to 1865. in china, record june temperatures led to thousands trying to cool down in a giant open—air swimming pool in zhengzhou. by august, china was suffering its longest heatwave on record with drought across a huge central swathe of the country. and it was drought combined with heat that helped the uk fires, like this one in wennington, spread so quickly. the met office says southern england had its driest july in records that began in 1836. i've come to the fi...