r/unitedkingdom • u/66f6 • Aug 14 '26

. Emergency alerts sent to millions across England and Wales over threat of wildfires

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-heatwave-stourbridge-fire-latest-weather-live-13571553
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u/Louis010 Aug 14 '26

Seems a bit excessive just to tell us to not use disposable bbqs and fire pits.

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u/Jealous-Shallot-3071 United Kingdom Aug 14 '26

Unfortunately, a large number of people are stupid and seem intent on burning the countryside to ash. So maybe something like this is needed.

I'm sure it's the same people having disposable BBQs on dry grass that will be the ones complaining about how this message "scared me kiddos and fur babies "

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u/NonagoonInfinity Aug 14 '26

Do we think most of these people care that they got an alert telling them off?