PARAMEDICS treated 54 people, including 19 who were admitted to hospital, after some “of the most significant” wildfires seen in the West Midlands, emergency services said today.A further six firefighters have been taken to hospital and treated for smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion after fires led to thousands of 999 calls on the hottest day of the year on Thursday.West Midlands Ambulance Service said it responded to “a number of serious fires” across the region as Britain faced its fifth heatwave this summer.

PARAMEDICS treated 54 people, including 19 who were admitted to hospital, after some “of the most significant” wildfires seen in the West Midlands, emergency services said today.

A further six firefighters have been taken to hospital and treated for smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion after fires led to thousands of 999 calls on the hottest day of the year on Thursday.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said it responded to “a number of serious fires” across the region as Britain faced its fifth heatwave this summer.

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