Saddleworth Moor fire is getting serious...

[farmerbarleymow]

Another fire, up above Stalybridge. It looks pretty small from the photos so hopefully it will get put out soon.

LIVE updates: Fire service tackling large fire seen on the moors

 

[tim]

Another fire has broken out, this time around Denshaw.

Smoke billows from moorland as another fire breaks out in Saddleworth

So early in the year!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

So early in the year!

No doubt due to some idiots playing with matches up there. But I'd have thought it would have been a bit too wet to start a major fire, although the winter hasn't seen that much rainfall to replenish the tops.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

And another fire - this time up on Crompton Moor near Shaw/Milnrow way. Doesn't look very big so hopefully they will extinguish it fairly easily.

LIVE updates: Firefighters tackle large moorland blaze on Crompton Moor in Oldham

 

[cupid_stunt]

And another fire - this time up on Crompton Moor near Shaw/Milnrow way. Doesn't look very big so hopefully they will extinguish it fairly easily.

LIVE updates: Firefighters tackle large moorland blaze on Crompton Moor in Oldham

"You're joking - not another one!"

- Brenda from Bristol.

 

[5t3IIa]

I was up on Pule Hill yesterday - the grasses are super dry and yellow but you’ll still get a wet knee when you kneel in them to take a pic.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire is on fire now, arrests mad.

Arrests made in moorland fire probe

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire is on fire now, arrests mad.

Arrests made in moorland fire probe

Ilkley Moor is a lovely place, with or without a hat. Shame to see it burning too.

There is another fire up near Nelson too.

 

[5t3IIa]

Marsden Moor, last night

We were there yesterday!!!

See those white things? They are big, ton-sized sacks of stones from demolished mills and delivered by helicopter to be used to refurb the bridleway.

This is them from Manchester Road/Pule Hill:


And this is them, looking towards Pule:


It’s so so dry here

 

[kebabking]

Not 'like', but, you know....

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Marsden Moor, last night

We were there yesterday!!!

They're saying it was started by a BBQ - Huge area of Yorkshire moorland destroyed by fire

It's a shame to read that £200k worth of habitat restoration work has been destroyed. The moors are beautiful but fragile places.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Apparently there is a second fire on Marsden Moor.

This is the initial one I think (from twitter):

And the second one (MEN):

Firefighters tackling huge blaze thought to have been started by a BBQ

Firefighters are battling ANOTHER fire on Marsden Moor

 

[5t3IIa]

It’s all gone, all the bit that is the ‘secret picnic spot’ that my stepkits think they discovered :’(

 

[cupid_stunt]

It’s all gone, all the bit that is the ‘secret picnic spot’ that my stepkits think they discovered :’(

 

[Orang Utan]

Drove past Ilkley Moor today, looks post-apocalyptic

 

[5t3IIa]

Top is 9am on Friday, bottom is today We’ve been there every weekend recently, twice this weekend. I can’t believe it

 

[mauvais]

Lots of fires recently and it's only April. Lyme Park at Disley had one the other day and various ones from last year have had recent repeats.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

these fires, when there is a clear link to some eejit being responsible, makes me fucking spew
having grown up near saddleworth I know how valuable these places are
being the son of an ex-firefighter - I know how dangerous all this can be


this is a good gallery of photos - Saddleworth / Tameside Moor - 10 Months Later
Saddleworth / Tameside Moor - 10 Months Later
"A wander over the area devastated by the large moorland fire in 2018. The area is mostly devoid of signs of regeneration or wildlife. In the 2 hours I was there I only saw 1 grouse, 3 wheatears and a robin, this time of years you'd expect to see or hear the many moorland birds who come to nest."

 

[5t3IIa]

It’s just not raining. This Yorkshire Water report from Nov 2018 predicts drought if patterns continue, and it’s hardly rained since then, and didn’t really snow either.

 

[Orang Utan]

There were still some idiots having bbqs up on the moors. Wtd is wrong with people? Are they just thick or do they not care?

 

[Throbbing Angel]

There were still some idiots having bbqs up on the moors. Wtd is wrong with people? Are they just thick or do they not care?

bit of both I tend to think

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It's really sad to hear that it is very slow to recover. I remember being up on the tops before the fire and there were birds everywhere, but there just isn't anywhere for them to nest anymore in the burnt areas.

If it doesn't regenerate I don't know how this will affect its ability to hold water, or remain intact rather than washing the peat downhill.

This is interesting - the water situation as of December 2018 (no later data appears to be available.

https://assets.publishing.service.g...file/770627/Water_situation_December_2018.pdf

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It’s just not raining. This Yorkshire Water report from Nov 2018 predicts drought if patterns continue, and it’s hardly rained since then, and didn’t really snow either.

This data from the Met Office shows a drier than normal winter across the whole country - Regional values - Winter 2019

Compared to the 1981-2010 average:

North of England 194mm (74% of average)
England E & NE 131.4mm (66%)
England NW & Wales N 318.4mm (84%)

 

[Throbbing Angel]

More from that Flickr user...
"Uppermill Fire - Den Lane / Moorgate Quarries 22/04/2019"
https://www.flickr.com/photos/21913923@N03/albums/72157708035165325

Great pics - shitty scenario

Used to live up the road from Uppermill/Den Lane - this is very sad

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Rain expected tomorrow in the area ^^^

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Rain expected tomorrow in the area ^^^

Hopefully it will help quench the fires. It's a very sad situation - I'd hoped that after the two major fires last year people would be very cautious about the risks of starting one, but obviously not.

 

[kebabking]

Huge wild fire in western Snowdonia - east side of the A498 from Porrhmadog to Bethgelert from the valley floor and railway line up to the tops (700m?).

Smoke can be seen from Pwllehi.

Looked to be about 3 miles of burn line, all wildly alight. One fire engine...

 

[farmerbarleymow]

For fucks sake - firefighters have found discarded fireworks on Marsden Moor. The fireworks may not have been connected to the fire, but it shows how idiotic some people are. Fireworks should be banned from general sale.

Unbelievably, people have been setting off FIREWORKS on the moors

The article has a good picture of how close the flames got to Uppermill in the Saddleworth Moor fire. It looks almost like a lava flow.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

that looks much closer to those buildings than it really is - foreshortening I suppose

I know that row of shops and the moors are a fair bit behind them but there are other buildings, houses etc as well as the canal and the river Tame and the rail tracks behind those shops - poor sods on Den Lane and Kenworthy Gardens must be being roasted alive


Fireworks 'eh? Bellends. Total Bellends.

 

[Dogsauce]

For fucks sake - firefighters have found discarded fireworks on Marsden Moor. The fireworks may not have been connected to the fire, but it shows how idiotic some people are. Fireworks should be banned from general sale.
[\QUOTE]

I haven't seen any of those Chinese lantern things for a while, hopefully that’s a trend that’s died off. Did some work on a military aviation fuel depot once and one of the guys working there told me they’d found one on top of one of the tanks one morning.