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Fire service personnel battle a blaze on Saddleworth ... Anthony Devlin/Getty Images Europe It has since been estimated that it cost the UK economy £21 million and saw five million people exposed ...

But new limits have been imposed on how much can be burned in recent years, which experts worry could make wildfires in the UK worse. In an open letter to the Home Secretary, Andrew Gilruth ...