Wildfire phone alert was 'entirely appropriate', government says

17-08-2026 16:35 via bbc.co.uk

Wildfire phone alert was 'entirely appropriate', government says

Millions of phones across England and Wales bleeped with a "severe alert" notification on Friday.

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