INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The fire near Manchester in Northern England has been declared a major incident (Reuters)More than 30 homes have been evacuated near Greater
Manchester in northern England as firefighters battle a blaze which has been spreading for days in hot weather across the hills of
Saddleworth Moor.Greater Manchester Police said on Wednesday that an area 6 kilometres long had been affected and it had evacuated 34 homes
in the village of Carrbrook to the west of the blaze.The fire has been declared a major incident
Local schools will be closed on Wednesday with residents advised to stay indoors and keep windows and doors closed
The army is on standby to step in to help if required, the police said.Hot weather and a wind over the last three days have caused the fire
to spread and police said that its size and the fact they have limited road access to the rural area made it difficult to tackle."The plan
today is to try and really, really put some resource on the scene and put a really heavy attack on this fire and if that needs military
assistance then that's what we'll consider," a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police told Sky News.Police said they had not yet
established the cause of the fire.© Thomson Reuters 2018(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent
staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
