A huge fire spread over a Snowdonia peak with devastated onlookers saying the blaze looked like "something you would see in the Lord of the Rings". The blaze took hold on Foel Dduarth in Gwynedd on Monday, November 14,and could be seen as far away as Anglesey.
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service attended the mountain at around 2.32pm yesterday and remained at the scene last night. A nearby farmer, who is also the chairman of a local graziers’ association, said the peak had been "completely devastated" by the inferno.
Speaking to North Wales Live Gareth Wyn Jones said: “It looks like something you would see in the Lord of the Rings, it’s so big and fast-moving,” he said. “The whole of the mountain has gone, it’s completely devastated.
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