Fires on Saddleworth Moor & Winter Hill

[northwichcat]

The smoke from the fires are visible as far away as the Transpennine way at Broadheath, Altrincham.

 

[Crossover]

That soot's getting into our lungs, of course.

Yeah - one of my colleagues hasn't been well for a few days, which they think coincides with the evening when their area was covered in ash

 

[Cletus]

Caught a glimpse of a Northern BBC reporter in the rain somewhere, So I assume these fires are out?

Hasn't rained in Dover for 52 days now apparently (I'm sure there are places where its been longer), although water's still flowing well through the River Dour.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Did the only two periods of rain that fell on North-West England last week and today fall on both the Winter Hill and the Saddleworth areas and was the rain that fell enough to deeply penetrate into the peat?

 

[Shaw S Hunter]

Did the only two periods of rain that fell on North-West England last week and today fall on both the Winter Hill and the Saddleworth areas and was the rain that fell enough to deeply penetrate into the peat?

From what I saw of the rain bearing clouds before the rain reached me I would say that both fires were quite well doused. However whether the rain was of sufficient quantity to penetrate the full depth of the peat I could not say. I must admit that I had the very same query in my mind at the time. Have there been any reports on the matter reported in the media?

 

[SteveP29]

Reported last night on BBC 10 o clock news that it was finally out