{"id":511,"date":"2026-08-10T19:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/dby\/511\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T19:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:46:07","slug":"warning-after-15-peak-district-campfires-put-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/dby\/511\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning after 15 Peak District campfires put out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Peak District visitors have been given a further warning after 15 campfires were put out in one day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service said fortunately the campfires plus another three disposable barbecues were discovered before they could develop into anything serious in the Snake Pass area in Glossop on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It said despite repeated warnings, firefighters still found people lighting fires in tinder-dry conditions, adding a &#8220;single spark could cause another devastating wildfire&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On 24 June, a huge moorland fire took hold at Tintwistle Moor, triggering a major incident that was only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cqjxwrvddd0o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stood down last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a social media post, the fire service urged visitors to the national park to leave barbecues at home and avoid lighting campfires.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The weather is warm. The ground is tinder dry. Grass, heather and undergrowth can ignite easily,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Despite repeated warnings, we&#8217;re still finding people lighting fires in conditions where a single spark could cause another devastating wildfire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We need your help. Please, please, please leave the BBQs at home and don&#8217;t light campfires on the moors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson for the fire service added the incidents were dealt with safely by firefighters with support from Derbyshire Police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peak District visitors have been given a further warning after 15 campfires were put out in one day.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-derbyshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/dby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/dby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/dby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/dby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/dby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/dby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/dby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/dby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/dby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/dby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}