Firefighters tackled the blaze for 3 hours
Beachgoers having fun with a sunny day on the seaside had been shocked once they noticed billowing smoke subsequent to certainly one of Wales’ most picturesque coastal spots. Firefighters had been referred to as to Three Cliffs Bay within the Gower late on Sunday afternoon and spent three hours tackling the blaze which coated round two hectares of gorse and woodland adjoining to the sandy cove.
The wildfire began whereas sunbathers had been absorbing the top of this summer season’s unprecedented fourth heatwave and got here days after Pure Assets Wales (NRW) introduced Wales has recorded the driest six-month interval because the drought of 1976.
NRW introduced a drought has been triggered in 4 components of southeast Wales resulting from excessive temperatures and a scarcity of rainfall which has resulted in low or exceptionally low river flows throughout Wales. By no means miss a Swansea story by signing as much as our e-newsletter right here.
A spokesman for Mid and West Wales Fireplace and Rescue Service mentioned: “At 4.20pm on Sunday, August 17, the Mid and West Wales Fireplace and Rescue Service crews from Llanelli, Gorseinon, and Swansea West fireplace stations had been referred to as to an incident at Three Cliffs Bay.
“Crews responded to a fireplace affecting roughly two hectares of gorse and dense woodland on a steep hillside. Crews utilised one prolonged hose reel jet and beaters to extinguish the hearth.
“Crews left the scene at 7.21pm.”
