View of London. File photoMOSCOW, July 19Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, called the situation with fires in the city critical against the backdrop of abnormal heat.On Monday and Tuesday in the UK there is a record heat wave, in connection with which the country announced for the first time in history red danger level. On Tuesday, temperatures near Heathrow Airport exceeded 40 degrees, breaking the all-time high temperature record on record.Forecasters told how long the heat wave will last in Europe «This is critical: the London fire department is under enormous pressure. Please be careful,» the mayor wrote on his Twitter account. Due to the increased incidence of fires in London, the fire department of the city declared an emergency . Fire brigades are currently fighting 10 fires in the capital, Sky News reports. 15 fire brigades were sent to extinguish the fire, residents of nearby houses were urged to close doors and windows and exercise extreme caution, the report says. Sky News also notes that a dangerous situation has developed in Dartford and Ashford in Kent, located in the southeast of England. There, the flames engulfed a long row of trees and several cars parked nearby. Firefighters later had to put out a one-hectare fire in a cornfield on Shirehall Road in Dartford, the report said. High temperatures led to an increase in fires and other incidents. In particular, it was reported that a military training ground caught fire and the work of the key RAF Cranwell Air Base in Lincolnshire was suspended due to the softened runway surface. it was raining. The heat also began to melt the asphalt on one of the main roads.
