Firefighter battling New Forest fire ‘for some time to come’ as emergency response enters third day

The A31 remains closed after National Highways confirmed the road surface suffered ‘significant’ damage

Fire crews racing to contain fire and protect fragile heathland habitat that is ‘rarer than rainforest’ Efforts to contain a “devastating” blaze in the New Forest will continue into a second night as firefighting crews race to protect the fragile heathland and rare species. The area hit by the blaze, which started afte

Drivers told to flee cars ‘if you want to stay alive’ as New Forest fire spreads - with 120 firefighters battling blaze  lbc.co.uk