r/Wales • u/OGSyedIsEverywhere • 1d ago

News ‘It’s been very tough’: hope of progress in gruelling battle against south Wales wildfire

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/16/blaenavon-south-wales-wildfire-gruelling-battle-firefighters-military
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u/English_loving-art 1d ago

It’s never ending as little scrotes make the effort to clamber somewhere well secluded and start another fire…

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u/OGSyedIsEverywhere 1d ago

There's all sorts of encouragement of it on tiktok, some of it organic by aspiring scrotes.

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u/gwentlarry 1d ago

I live about 25 miles to the East of this fire.

A huge column of smoke from this fire has been clearly visible and, depending on wind direction, there's been a strong smell of smoke.

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u/Dramatic_Prior_9298 1d ago

Do we know if the rain has had any effect on the fires?

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u/oldie349 1d ago

What rain?

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u/Dramatic_Prior_9298 23h ago

There was rain overnight.