The huge cost of battling North Wales summer wildfires is revealed
The huge cost of battling North Wales summer wildfires is revealed
23 December 2018
Published by https://www.dailypost.co.uk/
UK – Wildfires which ravaged the region this summer cost the fire service hundreds of thousands of pounds in extra staff costs.
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service has revealed the huge costs they have had to absorb after the region was hit by a number of major wildfires during the dry summer.
However the £400,000 figure is likely to be much higher as additional costs including those for equipment are not included at an “incident level”, the fire service has said.
And one fire – which raged on Llantysilio Mountain near Llangollen for a month – was responsible for £290,000 of the costs incurred.
There were 400 other wildfires across the region this summer.
The fire service has said the impact on the budget has been “particularly significant” in a time when cuts were having to be found.