article_snippet.sent: Fire crews in South Wales say Fire crews in South Wales have been stretched to breaking point by the ‘unprecedented’ scale of destruction, which is mainly being blamed on gangs of youngsters.
article_snippet.sent: ’ From Friday morning to Monday evening, emergency services took more than 1,600 calls for grass fires.
article_snippet.sent: The cost of fighting the blazes, which devastated wildlife, has risen close to £500,000 since the month began.
article_snippet.sent: Fire chief Stephen Rossiter said: ‘The natural terrain of mountains is very dangerous underfoot, and more so when we are fighting grass fires – even for we best-trained people.
article_snippet.sent: It comes as the dry and sunny weather has left heathlands especially vulnerable to fast spreading fire.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile a blaze which ravaged the Pirbright Army ranges in Surrey was yesterday still smouldering nearly a week after nearly a .
article_snippet.sent: Conservation experts say that the area could take ten years to recover.
highlights_snippet.sent: Fire crews in South Wales stretched to breaking point by wave of wildfires .
  