England Logged a Record 624 Wildfires in July

Provisional government data published 8 October 2026 counted 624 wildfires in England in July 2026, the most in any month on record. The January-August total of 1,354 is already the second-worst year. Summer 2026 was provisionally the UK's hottest on record, the Met Office said, with 40 days above 30C.