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Exceeding a0 celsius. it's not rained for more than a month and the grass is incredibly dry, like tinder, and it can catch fire very and the fire spreads very fast, and one of the great things about london is the amount of green spaces we have but one of the consequences of green spaces impinging properties is where there are these grass fires they can spread quickly and damage properties. some of these fires were because of the behaviour of us human beings inadvertently. leaving a match here, it could be because a glass bottle is on the dry grass and it magnifies the rays and a spark leads to...

Parks or on the moors, we don't usually see these fires in london. they are akin to california or the south of france and this is my point, these are not normal. if we were speaking ten or 15 years ago we would talk about a heatwave occurring every ten years with temperatures in the mid 20s. if you look at the 12 hottest days ever in this country all of them have occurred post—2003 and yesterday we were post—40c. the chief medical officer is saying this is a potential threat to life, all of our lives, notjust those who are old and vulnerable. for the first time in our history the met offic...

More of this. what does the government have to do now to try to mitigate this?— mitigate this? we've got to listen and learn. mitigate this? we've got to listen and team we _ mitigate this? we've got to listen and learn. we experienced - and learn. we experienced temperatures 1.5 degrees higher than ever before. this is london. we are surrounded — ever before. this is london. we are surrounded by fields, it was a tinderbox _ surrounded by fields, it was a tinderbox that went up in dagenham is much _ tinderbox that went up in dagenham is much more urban, this is london and we _ is much more...

And just south of york and leeds on tuesday will be cancelled, and other operators are saying only travel if strictly necessary on both monday and tuesday. all this comes with climate scientists warning that if temperature records are broken this week, they are unlikely to stand for long. they say global warming means heatwaves are getting more frequent and more intense. jon donnison, bbc news. let's get more on this. alexander held is a fire ecologist and expert at the european forest institute resilience programme. thanks forjoining us. europe has wildfires regularly. how are these ones diff...

And from practice. the majority of examples is, as i have mentioned, investing in suppression, and of the fires are too big we invest in more suppression. to the time when the weather is again bad. goad suppression. to the time when the weather is again bad.— weather is again bad. good to hear what ou weather is again bad. good to hear what you have _ weather is again bad. good to hear what you have to _ weather is again bad. good to hear what you have to say, _ weather is again bad. good to hear what you have to say, thank- weather is again bad. good to hear what you have to say, thank you....