Residents across the West Midlands used hosepipes, buckets of water and improvised tools to help firefighters tackle wildfires declared a 'major incident' in several areas, including Warwickshire, as the UK recorded its hottest day of the year.
In Sandyford, Stoke-on-Trent, residents used hosepipes and buckets of water to help tackle a fire. One local described the situation as 'quite worrying' amid uncertainty over where it might spread, prompting neighbours to 'muck in'.
