Fire on Saddleworth Moor near Manchester investigated as arson
The huge fire at Saddleworth Moor that has been alight for more than a week is being investigated as arson, police have said.
Firefighters have been tackling the blaze in challenging weather conditions, which started on the edge of the moor in Greater Manchester.
"The moorland fire is now being investigated as arson following information from local witnesses and initial inquiries," Chief Superintendent Neil Evans, Territorial Policing Commander for Tameside, said.
"The scale of this fire is exceptional and we are treating it with the utmost seriousness."
He said police are "under no illusion" that solid evidence as to where and how the fire started will not be easy to establish.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) were called to a report of land on the fire near to Buckton Vale in Tameside on Sunday 24 June, a police statement said.
"Since then, firefighters have spent more than a week tackling the blaze in extremely challenging weather conditions.
"Although now under control, the fire is continuing to burn despite the best efforts of all those involved," it continued.
Arsonists were spotted lighting new fires near Bolton even though the blaze continued to burn, Sky News was told this week.
It is "absolutely heartbreaking and unbelievable", Tony Crook from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service said.
The perpetrators are putting "yourselves at risk, your community at risk, and also putting emergency workers at risk", Mr Crook added.
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On Sunday, when a police helicopter was sent up to survey the area, people were spotted lighting fires in grassland called Healey Nab.
"Witnesses reported people lighting a bonfire at around 7.30pm on Sunday 24 June on the moors near the Stalybridge estate and officers are currently pursuing this as a possible line of enquiry," the police statement continued.
Chief Superintendent Neil Evans said their work will be "painstaking" with the fire service due to the areas they are able to look including dusty ash, burnt peat and grass.
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