article_snippet.sent: In scenes resembling a disaster movie, the inferno laid waste to a picturesque area the size of 100 football pitches.
article_snippet.sent: Thousands of animals are feared to have been wiped out by the fire after yesterday's strong winds of up to 45mph, coupled with bone dry ground thanks to a lack of rain, whipped the flamed across across 70 hectres of heathland .
article_snippet.sent: Experts said thousands of creatures would have been killed by the blaze.
article_snippet.sent: The huge wildlife, which was sparked by arsonists, has destroyed an area of heathland the size of a hundred football pitches in Dorset .
article_snippet.sent: Experts say thousands of the creatures will have been killed by the blaze.