Firefighting in New Forest to continue for several days

Firefighters battling a blaze in the New Forest expect the operation to stretch on for several more days. According to BBC News, the fire took hold on Sunday, with one woman describing her fear that her family's car might catch alight as flames closed in. The New Forest is one of England's largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture and woodland, prized for its protected status.

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