Police are investigating after a series of fires were lit on tinder dry grass land, got out of control and threatened to spread to nearby homes in South Bristol last night.
Firefighters said they were ‘extremely concerned’ at what happened on the Northern Slopes between Knowle West and Bedminster on Friday evening, where they dealt with a huge blaze.
Residents of Glyn Vale and Lurgan Walk in Knowle West and Sidmouth Walk in Bedminster came out of their homes as the flames spread across the tinder dry grass and wooded area of the nature reserve on the slopes.
