A London firefighter who battled the wildfire at Wennington yesterday has told LBC they ‘had no chance of stopping it’ as they were ‘completely understaffed’
“Before we knew it we were chasing it down the road, with the fire going into people’s houses, into stables, their gardens.He says the service has been suffering from poor staffing levels since last year, and that yesterday the crisis culminated in 39 fire engines being ‘out of action’ - because there weren’t the crews available to run them.
The union said in a statement: “We have previously highlighted the fact that we have been experiencing incredible staff shortages with multiple fire appliances unavailable since December last year. In a statement, Richard Mills, Deputy Assistant Commissioner at London Fire Brigade said: “Firefighters across London have worked tirelessly to tackle fires during unprecedented hot weather, on one of the busiest days in our history.
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