Wildfire

Three female firefighters in red fire trousers standing on moorland with yellow fire beaters over their shoulders, Cathryn Moore on the left
Llandovery

LLANDOVERY: Firefighter Cathryn, 19, got thank-you cards from her swimming pupils after the wildfires

She was six when a visit to the fire station showed her women could do the job. On Friday night…

By
Kit Peters
Firefighters silhouetted against a line of flames and smoke on Gwaun Cae Gurwen common at night, with embers glowing on the ground
Amman Valley

GWAUN CAE GURWEN: Neighbours beat back flames on the common before fire crews arrived

The fire service says the late-night grass fire near Crescent Road is believed to have been started deliberately, on common…

Aerial view of a large blackened burn scar covering a coastal headland above a beach, smoke drifting and fire engines on a track below
Carmarthenshire Council

PENDINE: ‘Before there is loss of life’: urgent bid to bar vehicles from Morfa Bychan after cliff fire

Draft minutes of an extraordinary community council meeting reveal the fire came close to a Welsh Water pumping station and…

Two firefighters in red wildfire kit working in smoke on burning moorland, one with a shovel and one using a leaf blower against flames
Arson

SKEWEN: Teenagers, 15 and 17, arrested over deliberately-set Drummau Mountain fire

South Wales Police say two boys from Neath Abbey and Skewen are in custody, as the fire service sets out…

Line of fire and smoke along the ridge of Drummau Mountain at dusk, seen above rooftops
drought

SKEWEN: Flames light the sky over homes as wildfire burns through the night on Drummau Mountain

Crews from eight fire stations have been on the mountain since 6.25pm on Monday and the incident is still ongoing,…

Aerial view of a line of flames and smoke burning across the hillside above Mayhill, with Seaview school and Swansea Bay beyond
Arson

MAYHILL: Two hectares burn behind Seaview school in what the fire service says was a string of deliberate fires

Crews from Swansea Central and Morriston were on the hillside from 7.15pm on Sunday and were still reinspecting the ground…

Aerial view of a large blackened burn scar covering a coastal headland above a beach, smoke drifting and fire engines on a track below
Carmarthenshire

PENDINE: Last crew leaves Morfa Bychan almost 60 hours after the cliff fire began

Sixteen fire stations fought the blaze above Pendine across two and a half days. The final crew left at 7.50…

Five Mid and West Wales firefighters sitting on a scorched hillside eating sausage and chips, with burnt gorse behind them and green hills beyond
Gorseinon

GORSEINON: The firefighters in this photo have a free chippy tea waiting for them

Roma 2000 shared a picture of five firefighters taking a well-earned break on the blackened hillside, and made the crew…

Aerial view of blackened, burnt moorland near Talley with plumes of white smoke rising and hills in the distance
drought

TALLEY: Farmers keep watch as mountain still smoulders after latest wildfire

Large areas of the mountain around Talley, Tipi Valley and Cwmdu are still smoking after fire spread across the hillside,…

Smoke drifting across fields and woodland in daylight after a wildfire near Pendine
Carmarthenshire

PENDINE: Council calls community meeting on Morfa Bychan camping after cliff fire

Residents had to leave their homes during Sunday night's fire. Pendine Community Council says it is drawing up measures for…

A wildfire burning in lines of flame across a hillside above Rhandirmwyn at dusk, with thick smoke drifting over the valley and farmland below
featured

RHANDIRMWYN: ‘The worst is behind us’ after six days of wildfire on the mountain

Overnight rain has given firefighters their first real break since Wednesday, but five crews will stay in the village for…