US EditionWWII Bombs Explode as Firemen Battle Blaze
The wildfire has ignited over 18 unexploded World War II bombs, forcing firefighters to adopt defensive tactics and complicating containment efforts, officials said.
- On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, crews battling a wildfire on Langdale Moor reported that about 10 square miles have burned and World War II-era bombs and tank shells detonated across the North York Moors National Park.
- As peat continues to burn down it is exposing hidden World War II ordnance, triggering blasts and forcing a defensive firefighting approach on the World War II tank training ground .
- At a briefing, Jonathan Dyson said at least 18 ordnance explosions have occurred, forcing crews into a defensive strategy with 10 fire appliances, 60 firefighters, and helicopters deployed.
- North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service warned residents in the Langdale Moor area to prepare a grab bag, while several campsites and local businesses evacuated or closed and agencies requested help from other fire services across England with no injuries reported.
- This year saw an unusually hot, dry spring and early summer, leaving the moors tinder dry as local farmers, gamekeepers and volunteers joined firefighting efforts; Darren Coates said, `To see the moors and farmland burned to a crisp it is just devastating`.
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North Yorkshire moor wildfire sets off undiscovered WW2 bombs and tank shells
Over the summer there’s been an alarming level of wildfires across Southern Europe, but in Yorkshire, a blaze has been burning through the peat and vegetation of Langdale Moor for more than a fortnight. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue is set to get extra national support, but farmers and volunteers who’ve helped to hold back the smoke and flames say that can’t come soon enough.
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WWII bombs explode as firefighters battle blaze
A total of 18 bombs have exploded as the fire burns through peat on the moors, which was used for tank training in WW2.
·Calhoun, United States
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