The wildfire at Dunwich Heath is in an area of coastal lowland just south of the village of Dunwich in Suffolk. It is about 25 miles (40km) north-east from the county town of Ipswich but less than 3 miles from Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station.
The sites are separated by the Minsmere nature reserve area, with Sizewell B (and the adjacent Sizewell A/C sites) to the south. The Minismere area was in drought conditions and is being evacuated as the fire has already spread to it.
Winds are currently coming from the north-west.
Does ‘apocalyptic’ seem a reasonable description for the threat here?
BBC Scotland have already used the term repeatedly:
BBC Scotland have also repeatedly quoted two locals and the local MP attacking the Scottish Government for reacting too slowly, failing to call in the British Army and for not having firefighting helicopters.
In this 24 report thread, BBC UK do not refer to government, to army nor to helicopters but rather just provide the reader with information: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce8l03d90n3t
According to the Independent today:
There is no current risk to Sizewell B – a nuclear power station which provides electricity to 2.5 million households – due to the distance of the fire, but firefighters warn it is a “live and dynamic situation”.
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And yet, BBC Scotland still wonders why people look elsewhere for actual accurate reporting!
Stephen McKenzie
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Possible BBC ‘Scotland’ “story” – could a spark from Cairngorms fire have caused Suffolk wildfire? Opposition parties demand statement from SNP.
The wind in Suffolk at the start of the fire was coming in a north westerly direction, which is where Cairngorms are relative to Suffolk. All contenders for the Labour leadership say the SNP ‘has questions to answer’.
After 20 paragraphs in this vein, we read ‘a Meteorologist said the chances were infinitesimally low’ Nethy Bridge community council slammed the Met Office for this woeful response.
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I listened to BBC R4 1:00 news and they treated the Suffolk fire correctly as a public service broadcaster should. They reported the facts and interviewed the experts, an official from the RSPB nature reserve plus a woman whose caravan park had to be evacuated. Everyone was full of praise for the fire service and local villagers who helped. No rancour, no blame, no demands for a minister to defend anything. It was like listening to news from another country – which it is.
Scotland desperately needs a public service broadcaster and to be rid of the daily rabid stream of misinformation and bile pouring from BBC Scotland.
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Talking of “Fire” there is another huge problem in certain parts of the UK State , that is where droughts are also currently happening , all as a result of the greatly increased temperatures in some places within the UK state and also due to a lack of rainfall.
There is a digital online travel platform called ‘Exploring GB’.
They posted this on 28 July on Facebook:
“Scotland gets huge amounts of rainfall, while parts of southern England regularly end up facing droughts and hosepipe bans”.
“The Romans were transporting water over vast distances 2,000 years ago. Surely in 2026, we’re capable of getting water from the wetter parts of Britain to the places that actually need it”?
So as well as Scotland currently (pun intended minus the ‘ly’) transferring our surplus renewable energy to England , then this digital travel site also thinks that we should transfer our water to England as well.
Apparently they , Exploring GB, appear to see it as being a case of England’s need(s) being greater than ours, when they stated they wanted to get our Scottish water “to the places that actually need it“, as in it going to England via Scotland.
(No surprise to discover that Exploring GB’s location is in England).
So should that happen, as in we in Scotland did ‘give’ our water to England (or rather the WM government’s takes it) then how long before we in Scotland also eventually begin to experience problems with our water supply ?
That is when we , Scotland, give yet another of our resources to England.
Remember England has a far far larger population to satisfy for their water needs than we do ?
Our reduced population in Scotland means that we have a greater advantage over their population within England, as our abundant resources are more than sufficient to sustain our smaller population within Scotland.
So much for we, Scotland, supposedly needing them more than they need us.
Facts and reality expose a far far different reality.
(Also just look at them all ,as in all of the pro UK politicians, all arguing over our Scottish Oil and Gas in the North sea).
Scotland too small ?
Small, re populations, is actually not a bad thing in so many ways , especially when it comes to having an abundance (excess to needs) of resources to cater for a smaller population.
I fail to see how with all of this evidence of self sufficiency via resources within Scotland that we would then be considered somehow as incapable of surviving (thriving) as an independent country.
#UnionistPropaganda
Liz S
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Strangely this morning the Suffolk Fire Chief was saying the fire was not getting bigger ‘just travelling’ but by this evening the media were reporting it had increased by 50% but again no questions asked and all the commentary was how well they are doing and the local community was apparently in Dunkirk mode. Meanwhile the media thought rolling out some English veterans to celebrate their dubious ’66 WC win was newsworthy. Notice the difference?
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No helicopters were available for Scotland. Larger fire. They were available in Suffolk.
Scotland pays £5Billion for the military. North Sea helicopter based in Aberdeen. None for Cairngorms.
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