Fire services in all four UK nations to be able to request RAF helicopters and planes for wildfires

Civilian fire services in all four UK nations will be able to request RAF Chinook helicopters and A400M planes to fight wildfires on remote moorland and steep hillsides, Prime Minister Andy Burnham is to tell the UK's first wildfire summit. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said it is the first time the aircraft have been equipped for wildfires.