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Tinderbox Britain is facing ‘lethally hot’ temperatures with the mercury set to reach 93F (33C) today in southern parts of England as firefighters battled fires across the country and millions more people face a hosepipe ban in the coming weeks.
The Met Office has issued an amber extreme heat warning for the next four days, while the UK Health and Security Agency put the UK on a level three heat-health alert, and the AA warned the searing heat could cause tyres to blow out on the motorways.
