New fire rangers will patrol a popular moorland beauty spot together with 'fire watch volunteers' to guard against devastating wildfires this summer, a charity has announced.
The development was confirmed as the RSPB announced an ancient peat bog at Dove Stone nature reserve in Saddleworth, Oldham, will be restored in a £1.6 million project which will help tackle climate change. It comes after a huge blaze ripped through a site near Dove Stone Reservoir last month - destroying a massive area of new woodland which was planted by local volunteers and scorching land the size of around two and a half football pitches.
It was the latest in a series of fires on Saddleworth Moor - and on moorland across Greater Manchester - with fire crews regularly called out to extinguish wildfires often started by people using barbecues or by discarding waste.
