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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Harry Cockburn

Major wildfire rips through moorland close to Greater Manchester

Major forest fire raging.
Tintwistle Moor, near Glossop on Thursday evening. Photograph: Derby Mountain Rescue Team

A major wildfire close to Greater Manchester has torn through large areas of moorland for more than 24 hours, forcing road closures and smoke warnings as fire crews battle to bring it under control.

The blaze, on Tintwistle Moor, near Glossop, has burned an area of more than 500 square metres of moorland and woodland, with thick plumes of smoke directly affecting the villages of Tintwistle, Hollingworth and Woolley Bridge.

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