Authorities declare a major incident after a wind-driven wildfire at Dunwich Heath near Leiston burns roughly 100 hectares and mobilizes about 120 firefighters, prompting evacuations and road closures including a caravan park with about 200 units.Jon Lacey, head of fire management at Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service, says the blaze is one of the county's most complicated incidents and crews are using drones and all-terrain vehicles to protect properties while Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledges full support.Officials state
Sizewell B nuclear plant is not threatened and link the incident to several weeks of hot, dry weather as the National Fire Chiefs Council reports 208 wildfires between mid and late July while a separate Cairngorms fire in Scotland has burned for two weeks.