Watch as firefighters tackle blazing countryside near Chesterfield as temperatures hit 35C
Firefighters battled to stop vast swathes of open farmland near Chesterfield being engulfed in flames today, as the mercury topped 35c in many parts of the country.
These dramatic aerial photographs show a huge area of farmland near Chesterfield in Derbyshire, left charred and blackened by a fierce blaze.
A solitary tree was left standing as flames nibbled at the edge of a field of barley or wheat.