A huge swathe of Dartmoor National Park in Devon has been ravaged by fire after a blaze started in record-breaking temperatures.
Approximately 12,500 acres of moorland went up in smoke as the mercury hit 84.7F (29.3C) over the weekend – the UK's hottest start to May on record. It took firefighters almost 24 hours to extinguish the blaze, which occurred in a long period of unusually warm and dry weather.
