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Not an emergency warning. If you see smoke or flames, or there is immediate danger, call 999 and follow emergency-service advice.
Last Friday afternoon (June 26), just before 4.20pm, Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to a wildfire at Weekley Hall Wood, Kettering. Firefighters used two extended hose reel jets, supported by wildfire backpacks, beaters and water bowsers, to bring the fire under control.