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Swansea grass fire covered 'roughly 70 football fields'

A grass fire that broke out in Swansea yesterday evening covered 30-35 hectares - the equivalent of 70 football pitches.

Gwyn Lewis, station manager at Mid & West Wales Fire and Rescue Service, told ITV Cymru Wales fire crews received 160 alerts for the same incident - the first at 8.20pm.

Welsh firefighters have dealt with more than 250 grassland fires over the last week, with incidents from Anglesey to the South Wales valleys.

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