London Fire Brigade attending nearly 20 grassland blazes a day as temperature soars

Firefighters tackle a recent grass fire

(Picture: London Fire Brigade)

The London Fire Brigade has attended more than 800 open land fires in the six weeks since June as temperatures continue to heat across the capital.

Firefighters have been called to tackle 816 grass and open land fires in six weeks since the start of June up to earlier this week - and equivalent of 19 a day - according to figures provided to the Standard.