‘It’s been very tough’: hope of progress in gruelling battle against south Wales wildfire
Efforts of emergency services and military in Blaenavon appear to be working but there are fears for the future More than three weeks after it began burning and two days after the military deployed to the area, there is hope that the huge wildfire on the hillside above the Eastern valley town of Blaenavon may finally be coming under control. Emergency workers and soldiers described a gruelling battle against the deep
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- Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent
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Efforts of emergency services and military in Blaenavon appear to be working but there are fears for the future More than three weeks after it began burning and two days after the military deployed to the area, there is hope that the huge wildfire on the hillside above the Eastern valley town of Blaenavon may finally be coming under control. Emergency workers and soldiers described a gruelling battle against the deep
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‘It’s been very tough’: hope of progress in gruelling battle against south Wales wildfire
Efforts of emergency services and military in Blaenavon appear to be working but there are fears for the future More than three weeks after it began burning and two days after the military deployed to the area, there is hope that the huge wildfire on the hillside above the Eastern valley town of Blaenavon may finally be coming under control. Emergency workers and soldiers described a gruelling battle against the deep
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