Holt Heath Update
Published: 16 August 2025
Friday, 15 August 11am update: All of the national resources that have been on scene this week have left this morning, and the incident is now back fully in the hands of DWFRS firefighters. Today we have two fire engines, three small 4x4 appliances and a Unimog dealing with remaining hot spots. While an area of approx. 72 hectares has been destroyed by fire, around 28 hectares on the same side of the road and 900 on the other side of the road have been kept safe. The hot weather is still a risk but we are hopeful that we should be able to bring the incident to a close very soon.4.30pm update: Just before 4pm, the stop came in for this incident, nearly a week after the fire started. We had stood down our major incident status earlier this afternoon. After considering drone analysis (supported by Wessex Rescue) and direction from our wildfire tactical advisor, we are scaling our presence right back to heath patrols through the night and for at least the next 24 hours. During the week, 47 of our 50 fire stations have had personnel on site, often on multiple occasions.