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Fire Services Reiterate Wildfire Precautions Following Late-Night Call-Outs

Fire Services Reiterate Wildfire Precautions Following Late-Night Call-Outs

29 July 2026

Retained fire crews in Hawes are urging visitors and farmholders to refrain from lighting open fires after responding to an out-of-control bonfire in Wensleydale

Firefighters from Hawes Station utilised specialised wildland tools and local agricultural slurry tankers to extinguish a large fire that threatened adjacent dry pastureland.

Fire safety managers warn that prolonged dry weather across Upper Wensleydale makes open campfires and disposable barbecues extremely hazardous to surrounding moorland and livestock.

Landowners and visitors across Hawes and Bainbridge are being reminded that zero-tolerance wildfire bans remain strictly enforced across all National Park land.