A fast-spreading wildfire has torn through gardens in a Welsh town, setting sheds and hedges alight, days after a separate blaze destroyed six homes in the same area. Fire crews were called back out to tackle the fresh outbreak, which underscores how dry, hot conditions have left the region highly vulnerable to repeated fire incidents. The renewed flames will add to concerns among residents already dealing with the aftermath of significant property damage from the earlier fire.

Six homes were previously destroyed in the town by a major wildfire, and this latest incident saw flames spread across six gardens, damaging sheds and hedges. Firefighters have been engaged in tackling the blaze amid ongoing dry weather that has heightened wildfire risk across the area, echoing similar tinder-dry conditions that fuelled large fires elsewhere in Britain this summer.