Families had to evacuate their homes after flames surged towards their properties from a blazing Swansea common.
Homeowners said it was the worst fire they had seen at Mynydd Newydd Common in Penlan as it caused trees to burst into flames behind their properties.
The fire broke out on Monday night and two fire crews were called to the scene at 6.55pm. You can read more stories about Swansea here.
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Neighbours claimed they heard one of a group of boys voice his regret that he had started the blaze.
Nurse Esther Reeves, 52, of Mynydd Newydd Road in Penlan said: “There was a gang of boys shouting ‘Fireman Sam’ and you ‘black b******’ and ‘b*******’ at the fire crews.
“One boy was saying ‘I’m sorry I have done it.’ The fires happen all the time.”
She added: “I was more worried about the garden as I have spent so much on it, there were embers coming into it.”
Neighbour Lisa Patell, 53, said: “The end houses were evacuated.
“The tree was on fire next door and the people on the end had their garden on fire. It happens two or three times a year."
She said she couldn't recall a fire quite so bad as this one.
“It’s disgusting, it’s one of the worst fires that we have had. They had to close off the road.”
Fire crews were also faced with tackling a major fire on the side of a mountain in Rhigos in Rhondda Cynon Taf on Monday evening.
And there were also fires reported on Fairwood Common, Gower, last night.
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