Firefighters have been battling a huge wildfire near Farnham.It broke out late last night on Hankley Common in Elstead, off Thursley Road.Surrey Fire and Rescue were called soon after 11pm to find 12 hectares of undergrowth raging.Nine specialist units from Farnham, Haslemere, Woking, GodalmingPower company SSE were also on the scene with reports that high voltage cables were involved.They managed to put it out just before three this morning.Hankley Common Fire update - fire now extinguished and crews have left the sceneHankley Fire Common Update - 12 Hectares of heathland now alight - Fire crews continuing fire-fighting operations & will be remaining on scene for some considerable time Hankley Fire Common Update - Specialist wildfire crews from Farnham, Hankley Common fire update - 10 hectares of heathland now well alight - Fire fighting operations continuing9 Fire & Rescue specialist wildfire units and water carriers currently fire-fighting 4 hectares of heathland alight on Hankley Common in Elstead - Overhead power cables also involved
Hankley Common fire: Firefighters spend more than three hours battling huge blaze at MoD training ground.
“Once again, idiots not understanding how tinder dry everything is. Once again, idiots not understanding how tinder dry everything is. This move created Gaudaloupe and Martinique barracks on the west side of the A325, enabling the four barracks of Bordon to house a complete infantry brigade.. Another onlooker captured the blaze from Hankley Common, a park nearby, tweeting: “Thursley Common fire seen from Hankley Common. Hankley Common has played an important role as a set for film and TV. Hankley Common Fire update - fire now extinguished and crews have left the scene — Surrey Fire & Rescue (@SurreyFRS) December 1, 2017. Published The 1980s TV Drama Tenko, which followed the lives of women held in a Japanese Internment Camp during World War II, was also filmed on this common.
Most recently, it was the location for the closing scenes of Skyfall, doubling for James Bond’s ancestral home in Scotland.According to a firefighter from Woking fire station, there were four multi-role vehicles, two unimogs, one water carrier, eight beaters, eight hose reels and two monitors used to tackle the fire.“The problems we had were that the fire was burning across the top of the grass.Because it was quite a windy night, the fire was being pushed across the grass and into the woodland.It was quite difficult terrain and we had problems gaining access to areas of the Common.A team from Woking, who were covering for Farnham while they attended a different fire, were the first on the scene at 11.07pm on Thursday (November 30).Teams from Farnham, Haslemere, Woking, Godalming, Guildford, Dunsfold and Painshill fire stations all helped fight the fire.What started as a four-hectare blaze had grown to 10 hectares by 12.37am (one hectare is about the size of an international rugby pitch).Just before 2am, Surrey FRS tweeted the fire had grown still further and now covered 12 hectares of heathland.Surrey Fire and Rescue Service tweeted that nine specialist wildfire units were fighting a four hectare fire on Hankley Common at just after midnight on Friday morning (December 1).The fire service added there were “overhead power cables” involved and Surrey Police and electricity company SSE were working with them to deal with the situation. Photographed by me (Gaius Cornelius) on 14-Oct-06. "We will be bringing you all the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story as it develops. Date: 14 October 2006 (according to Exif data) Source You can also keep up to date with the latest news from across the county via the free Firefighters from seven fire stations helped put out a huge wildfire on Hankley Common this morning.The fire at the MoD training ground started at around 11pm on Thursday (November 29) and continued until about 3.30am on Friday (December 1).At its peak, the blaze covered 12 hectares of heathland - roughly the same area as 12 international rugby pitches.Nine specialist wildfire crews used a huge array of equipment to deal with the fire.We’ve got some incredible pictures of the fire that tore through part of Hankley Common this morning, and some of the firefighters battling to put it out.Surrey Fire and Rescue Service said the fire was out by 3.30am on Friday, four and a half hours after fire crews first arrived.A witness who lives near on the Common said she saw “pink sky, masses of bright lights and smoke” when she was returning home at 1am.She went on: “We were just hoping our house was going to be ok.“It was very smoky as the wind was north-westerly. The fire spread over 12 hectares of heathland in just a few hours during the early hours of Friday morning (December 1) Nine specialist wildfire units attended the blaze at the At the peak of the fire, flames spread over 12 hectares of heathland - the equivalent of 12 rugby pitches.Surrey Fire and Rescue Service advised the public to avoid the area, saying there were "overhead power cables also involved.
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