Watch as firefighters tackle blazing countryside near Chesterfield as temperatures hit 35C

Name: Firefighters tackle huge wildfire near Chesterfield as heatwave hits Derbyshire
Uploaded: 2022-07-18T16:42:03.000Z
Duration: 57 s
Description: Firefighters tackle a blazing countryside near Chesterfield as temperatures in the area hit 35 degrees

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.

By Doug Whitbread

Published 18th Jul 2022, 17:51 BST

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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.

Two fire-tenders stood nearby, dwarfed by the landscape and huge pall of smoke which drifted into hot, still sky.

Chesterfield Derbyshire