Crews attend multiple wildfires across Wales in one day
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue ServiceFirefighters across Wales have battled multiple wildfires in one day, with one suspected to have been started deliberately.
Crews in north, mid and south Wales were called to several incidents on the Gower Peninsula, Camarthenshire and Llandudno throughout the day on Tuesday and into Wednesday.
The largest grass fire covered 100 hectares at Cefn Bryn, Gower, on Tuesday morning.
One blaze covering about 500 square metres on Cwm Mountain, Llandudno, is suspected to have been started deliberately as "youths were seen leaving the area" said North Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
In each case, grass, gorse and bracken were burnt but no properties were affected.
The cause of the fire in Reynoldston is currently unknown, but a previous fire last week was believed to have been started deliberately.
About six hectares were still on fire near a wind farm in Ammanford on Tuesday evening but later extinguished.
Crews were also called to a separate blaze near Pontardawe Road, in Ammanford where 15 hectares were on fire, but the blaze has since been put out.
One fire at Penrhyndeudraeth in Gwynedd, which was first reported just after 18:00 GMT on Tuesday, was continuing on Wednesday morning, with three fire crews and a specialist wildfire unit in attendance.
Other fire locations included Fairwood Common in Gower, Swansea, as well as the Upper Brynamman and Llandeilo areas of Carmarthenshire, and Cwmgors in Neath Port Talbot.
No threat to life was reported in any of the incidents but the fire services said 999 calls were so numerous at times that fire service control rooms in Bridgend and St Asaph were picking up each other's calls, which is a contingency arrangement.
Weather conditions are expected to become milder and more unsettled by the end of the week, with wind and rain which may reduce the current fire risk.
Additional reporting by Gavin Thomas