英格兰和威尔士数百万民众晚间收到政府手机紧急警报，警告全国面临严重野火风险[1]。警报于晚7点左右发送[1]。副首相路易丝·海伊表示，这是英国应对活跃事件时该警报系统使用最广泛的一次[1]。
面对持续升级的火灾威胁，英国政府采取了一系列应急措施。约100名军事人员已部署协助应急服务，还有约100名将于周五晚到达[1]。政府还立即实施了一次性烧烤架临时禁售令，持续至野火风险降低[1]。今年野火事件数已超过2025年全年总数1,017起[1]，火灾服务部门在过去24小时内宣布了11起重大事件[1]。首相警告英国"现在是个火药桶"，公众将面临"困难的周末"[1]。
Millions of people across England and Wales received a government emergency alert on their mobile phones warning of a severe nationwide wildfire risk [1]. The alert, sent around 7 p.m., conveyed the message that the country faces significant wildfire danger [1]. The government has responded by temporarily banning the sale of disposable barbecues and deploying approximately 100 military personnel to assist emergency services, with another 100 expected to arrive by Friday evening [1].
The scale of the wildfire crisis has escalated dramatically this year, with the number of incidents already exceeding 1,017, surpassing the total for the entire 2025 calendar year [1]. Emergency services declared 11 major incidents within the previous 24 hours [1]. Deputy Prime Minister Louise Haigh described this as the broadest use of the alert system in response to active incidents in British history [1]. The Prime Minister warned that the nation is currently "a tinderbox" and cautioned the public to brace for "a difficult weekend" ahead [1].