🔴 UK passes 40°C for the first time as temperature continues to rise on the hottest day ever 🌡️ The Met Office confirmed a provisional temperature of 40.2°C was recorded at Heathrow at 12.50pm
Meanwhile, fire services were scrambled as blazes broke out in dry grasslands. Hundreds of firefighters were called to battle a fire raging next to the M25 in east London, billowing smoke over the motorway and cancelling c2c train services to Essex.
London’s Fire Commissioner Andy Roe called on local authorities to impose a temporary ban on disposable barbecues in parks, adding: “I am deeply concerned that the unprecedented scale of these fires is set to continue, putting lives at risk as well as devastating green spaces around the capital.”Police have advised against swimming or entering open water to cool off in the blistering heat after the deaths of at least five people, including four teenagers.
The Met Office’s first red extreme heat warning remains in place over a swathe of England, with the risk of serious illness or danger to life. A member of F Company Scots Guards swelters in the heat during the Changing of the Guard ceremony on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace The record temperatures have also affected much of the UK’s transport network, with sunseekers advised not to travel to beaches and lakes to cool down.
Temperatures remained at around 25°C in places, exceeding the previous daily minimum record of 23.9°C, recorded in Brighton in August 1990.
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