Fire crews put out fire started 'deliberately' on Holton Heath
DWFRS said crews found fires in multiple places on areas of the heath.The fire service said: "The cause is believed to be deliberate, and we are working closely with our colleagues at Dorset Police."An amber warning of a rising risk of wildfires is in place. The alert covers Dorset and Wiltshire.One of Dorset's national nature reserves, the area of heath is owned by Natural England and spans 117 hectares (289 acres) of woodland and lowland heath.The reserve's compact bushes provide nest sites for Dartford warblers and stonechats - its areas of bare sands are home to burrowing bees and wasps, and egg-laying sand lizards.
On Tuesday evening a wildfire took hold of an area of Turbary Heath in Bournemouth.Fire investigators later said the nature reserve fire was being treated as arson and police were investigating.
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