‘Immediate risk’ of fires in London remains as grass is ‘tinder dry’

Wanstead Flats, in Epping Forest, north-east London

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There still remains an “immediate risk” of fires in London because grass “will be tinder dry”, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has warned.

The brigade's assistant commissioner Jonathan Smith said the service had already been preparing for an expected increased risk, but added that risk was now “immediate”.