Canford Heath fire this week 'largest since 2007'

The scale of a fire on Dorset's Canford Heath earlier this week (Monday 10th March) has been revealed - as investigations continue into the cause.

The Dorset Heaths group has said the blaze 'quickly grew out of hand', with 9.6 hectares of land affected.

That's the equivalent of 78 Olympic swimming pools and makes it the largest fire on Canford Heath since 2007.

It's also just 0.4 hectares shy of the heathland affected by blazes in Dorset across the whole of last year.

The blaze is being treated as deliberate, with Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue investigators still assessing the site.

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