Wildlife suffers as lockdown grass fires rise

Grass fire outbreaks have risen across Wales, with numbers up by a thousand on 2019 figures, a fire service has said.

Mid and West Wales Fire Service said in its area there had been a 24% increase over the past eight weeks.

Wildlife has been badly affected - this video shows a burnt toad found following a fire in Furnace, Ceredigion.

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