so, here in wennington, talk me through what happened.ncident near rainham but i was getting reports that a fire had broken out in wennington and it had actually started affecting the properties. i then attended, went in to see the devastation and one of the things that, actually, i was very shocked about is, as you can see from here, how close we was to losing the fire station. it's come within about two foot of the diesel tank, the station itself. so, we're actually standing next to 5,000 litres of dieseljust here and you can see where the flames got really, really close, licking up the side of the diesel storage, so it could have been an awful lot worse. yeah, it's due to the hard work of the crews that attended the fire on that day. yeah, the crews must have been seriously stretched on that day because, of course, this wasn't an isolated incident, and you had other really major fires in the local area and right across london, sojust how did you cope as a fire service? so, that's right, it's actually been stated as the worst day for lo

so, here in wennington, talk me through what happened.s you can see from here, how close we was to losing the fire station. it's come within about two foot of the diesel tank, the station itself. so, we're actually standing next to 5,000 litres of diesel just here and you can see where the flames got really, really close, licking up the side of the diesel storage, so it could have been an awful lot worse. yeah, it's due to the hard work of the crews that attended the fire on that day. yeah, the crews must have been seriously stretched on that day because, of course, this wasn't an isolated incident, and you had other really major fires in the local area and right across london, so just how did you cope as a fire service? so, that's right, it's actually been stated as the worst day for london fire brigade since world war two, our busiest time. if you look at the stats from last year, the first two weeks of august, we attended between a0 and 50 grass fires. to this year, where we attended, the first two weeks in august, we attended between

houses in wennington going up in flames. families like _ around 20 homes in wennington. three other families like yours _ around 20 homes in wennington. three other families like yours are still trying to make sense of the last fortnight. my fortnight. my place was hanging off the wall there, that was always my bedroom from when i was about five, you know. so i think seeing that made me more emotional than anything else. it is hard to remember what it look like, actually, to be fair. this led here was of a box of medals that my dad had. we couldn't find it in the house for the last couple of years. we were worried it may have been stolen or misplaced. lucky enough, it fell out of the window, so it went too bad, so i got to get back my great grandad's or middle flat. this is the base of the whole family, you know, friends and stuff. everybody showed a lot of memories here. it isjust everybody showed a lot of memories here. it is just sad to see it like this. after scrambling through, trying to get what few possessions you can

this is wennington, a small village which, despite being in east london, is surrounded by a lot of grassland

for dozens of families who lost their homes, in places like wennington in east london, some people are grief, anger, even moments of laughter and joy in the midst of if all as well. and then the broader community has been immensely generous. the outpouring of donations has been overwhelming. british airways says it'll stop selling tickets on short haul flights from heathrow until next monday. it's after the airport announced a limit on daily passenger numbers to try to avoid chaos over the summer. the tube board, and a fire alert at stratford this morning is causing severe delays on the elizabeth line between liverpool street and shenfield. now the weather with kate. good morning. it's been quite a humid, uncomfortable night, temperatures for some not dropping below 20 celsius. today, a couple of cold fronts sinking south. the isobars squeezed together, so it's going to be quite a breezy day. a south—westerly wind. so, some bright spells this morning. then the thicker cloud. you might get a spot of rain, but nothing more significant, dissolving to a certain extent into the afternoon to

wennington in essex on the 19th ofjuly on the hottest day ever recorded in britain.train for and stand for. but they knew we were doing all we could. we certainly could not have worked any harder. so, yeah, a frustration, really. you want to do more. even physically, we didn't have enough equipment. fire crews have been stretched across the country. on the same day as the wennington fire, a blaze ripped through a street in barnsley in south yorkshire. as temperatures rise again this week, the fire brigades union is warning they are running out of crew. the home office says it is committed to ensuring fire services have the resources they need and that funding has increased over the last five years from just over £1.2 billion to almost 1.4 billion. zoe conway, bbc news. simonjones is at a farm in kent this morning. good morning, simon. one of the situation where you are? iloathed good morning, simon. one of the situation where you are? what barley remains in this _ situation where you are? what barley remains in this field _ situation where you are? what barley remain