Several kilometres of hot spots remain on a section of moorland near Greater Manchester after a huge blaze ripped through the area.
Firefighters were first called out to Meltham Moor, near Saddleworth, at around 10am on Tuesday (July 30). The blaze was around 4km in size at its height, with 10 pumps used to battle the flames.
Crews spent a second full day at the scene, off Wessendenhead Road in Meltham, on Wednesday and have returned to the site this morning (Thursday).
As of this afternoon the fire front is now out but a ‘significant number of hot spots’ remain over several kilometres of moorland.
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