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image captionDry weather means there could be more fires like this one on Dartmoor in February say rangers
Dry weather and an increasing number of people on Dartmoor as lockdown eases have created an extreme fire risk say national park rangers.
People are being asked not to have barbecues or open fires on the moor.
It follows a spate of fires on Dartmoor and in Cornwall, including one which devastated acres of moorland. It s drier now and we could easily have another one, warned Rob Steemson, Dartmoor National Park emergency officer.
Wildfires, some started deliberately, have hit reserves and heaths.
A huge three-mile wide fire which ripped across Dartmoor was accidentally caused by a member of the public who attended a gathering on the moors.
Firefighters battled the roaring blaze through the night on Thursday after it began on a strip of remote moorland near Tavistock, Devon.
The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service deployed five pumps and other units to tackle the blaze which was put out by 10am the next day. No injuries were reported.
The fire roared in spite of the dangerous blizzards and sub-zero temperatures brought by the Baltic Beast - or Beast from the East II.
The week of huge wildfires that blazed across Cornwall and Devon
Some of the fires were suspected arson and were made much worse by strong winds and bone-dry moorland
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