Wildfires Bring Britain to Its Knees As the UK swelters under record breaking heat, emergency services are struggling to contain a wave of devastating wildfires that have engulfed homes and countryside.
Thursday saw at least four major blazes break out across England, with several homes ablaze in the West Midlands. The situation on the ground is dire.
In the West Midlands, four people were hospitalized, including three firefighters and a child, after a grassfire spread rapidly through a residential neighborhood near Stourbridge golf course.