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| Bethesda wildfire prompts evacuation warning | Bethesda wildfire prompts evacuation warning |
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| About 30 homes could be evacuated after a forest fire broke out in Gwynedd overnight. | About 30 homes could be evacuated after a forest fire broke out in Gwynedd overnight. |
| North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (NWFRS) was called to Braichmelyn, near Bethesda, just after 03:10 BST and 50 firefighters are tackling the blaze. | North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (NWFRS) was called to Braichmelyn, near Bethesda, just after 03:10 BST and 50 firefighters are tackling the blaze. |
| Crews are also fighting a mile-long mountain fire about 20 miles away at Mynydd Cilgwyn in Carmel, where 15 properties were evacuated on Monday. | Crews are also fighting a mile-long mountain fire about 20 miles away at Mynydd Cilgwyn in Carmel, where 15 properties were evacuated on Monday. |
| Rest centres have been set up in both areas for residents affected. | Rest centres have been set up in both areas for residents affected. |
| There have not been any reports of casualties at either location. | There have not been any reports of casualties at either location. |
| Police have closed some roads around Braichmelyn, but Geraint Hughes from NWFRS said the Braichmelyn fire was high above nearby homes. | Police have closed some roads around Braichmelyn, but Geraint Hughes from NWFRS said the Braichmelyn fire was high above nearby homes. |
| He said: "We are making them aware of the risk and make sure they prepare themselves [for evacuation]." | |
| The area affected is dense and the fire is said to have started among pine trees but the cause is not yet known, meanwhile the blaze at Carmel is still smouldering and crews are still at the scene. | |
| Crews have been at fires in Talsarnau, Rhiw, Llanycil and Bangor Mountain in Gwynedd and Newborough Forest, Anglesey. | Crews have been at fires in Talsarnau, Rhiw, Llanycil and Bangor Mountain in Gwynedd and Newborough Forest, Anglesey. |
| The service urged people to "take responsibility for their own actions" by using barbecues safely, extinguishing cigarettes properly, avoiding burning garden waste and keeping mirrors out of sunlight. | The service urged people to "take responsibility for their own actions" by using barbecues safely, extinguishing cigarettes properly, avoiding burning garden waste and keeping mirrors out of sunlight. |
| Mr Hughes added that the fires are "putting pressure on the service" and "resources were being stretched". | Mr Hughes added that the fires are "putting pressure on the service" and "resources were being stretched". |
| Over the last few days, a number of fires have broken out across Wales. | |
| Crews have tackled blazes at Kilvery Hill in Swansea, and Penrhys, Rhondda Cynon Taff, on Monday, while there was also a large forest fire near the Bryn Pica landfill site in Aberdare. | |
| Across the weekend, a helicopter was brought in to drop water on the Cwm Rheidol mountainside and there was a fire on Maerdy mountain. | |
| Others included Pembrey Mountain in Carmarthenshire, and Garth Hill in Maesteg, Bridgend county. | |
| Andy Fry, chief fire advisor for Wales, said: "We've seen about twice as many of these fires in June than we would see in an average June. | |
| "Wildfires are fairly common in Wales. Historically there have been a number of years where we've seen very significant numbers of wildfires, particularly in 2015." | |
| He added: "Things are not going to get any wetter in Wales for the foreseeable future. The drier things get, the more risk there is that a fire will start." |