‘The fledglings couldn’t escape’: Dartmoor blaze raises questions about wildfire strategy

Commoners say devastating fire that scorched 5 sq km of precious, wildlife-rich moorland should be wake-up callThe spot where the wildfire broke out could hardly have been worse. Cut Hill is one of the most remote and highest peaks on Dartmoor, miles from any road, a place of tussocky, ankle-turning terrain.And the weeks of hot weather meant the molinia, the moorland grass, was as tinder dry as farmers here can remember it at this time of year. Once it took hold, on Sunday, the fire raged. Conti