2026年，英格兰记录的野火数量位居历史第二高位。根据政府的初步数据，当年异常炎热的夏季为野火的高发提供了有利条件。
Number of wildfires recorded in England in 2026 was second highest on record England's very hot summer fuelled the second-highest number of wildfires on recent record, according to provisional government figures. Exceptional heat in 2026 turned much of the countryside into a tinderbox, bringing fires that razed 19 homes in Stourbridge in the West Midlands, and blackened the usually heather-purple Dunwich Heath in Suffolk.
2026年的极端高温使许多乡村地区变得极易发生火灾：在西米德兰兹郡的斯托尔布里奇，大火烧毁了19栋房屋；在萨福克郡的邓威奇希斯（Dunwich Heath），原本覆盖着石南花的荒野也被烧成了焦土。
Between January and August this year, there were 1,354 wildfires, second only to the 1,592 in 2022, in records going back to 2010, the data from the housing department (MHCLG) shows.
根据住房部门（MHCLG）的数据，今年1月至8月期间共发生了1,354起野火，这一数字仅次于2022年的1,592起（该数据可追溯至2010年）。
One person in Gloucestershire died as a result of the fires, and 29 were injured, including 17 who had to be treated in hospital.
在格洛斯特郡，有一人因火灾死亡，29人受伤，其中17人需要住院治疗。此外，还有468起规模较大的野火（火势覆盖面积超过10,000平方米），这一数字同样仅次于2022年——那一年英国气温首次飙升至40摄氏度，埃塞克斯郡与伦敦交界处的温宁顿（Wennington）至少有18栋房屋被毁。
There were also 468 large wildfires - one which burned an area of more than 10,000sqm. This figure was also second only to 2022, the year temperatures soared to 40C in Britain for the first time, and at least 18 homes were destroyed in Wennington on the Essex/London border.
由于2026年的高温和干燥天气，首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）于8月宣布暂时禁止使用一次性烧烤器具。
The hot and dry conditions of 2026 prompted Prime Minister Andy Burnham to introduce a temporary ban on disposable barbecues in August.
据天空新闻（Sky News）的数据与分析团队指出，如今英格兰和威尔士的野火蔓延范围更广、持续时间更长，并且越来越接近居民区。虽然大多数野火是由人为因素引发的，但科学家和政府认为气候变化正在加剧火灾发生的风险：英国夏季变得越来越炎热和干燥，从而为野火的发生和快速蔓延创造了条件。
Wildfires in England and Wales are now spreading over larger areas, burning for longer and drawing closer to homes, according to analysis of this year's fires by Sky News' Data and Forensics team. Most wildfires are started by people, but scientists and the government say climate change is fuelling prime conditions for fires to break out and spread rapidly by making British summers hotter and drier.
不过最近有消息透露，政府实际上已悄悄放弃了为应对日益增加的火灾风险而制定的相关预防措施。这些计划原本是在里希·苏纳克（Rishi Sunak）领导的保守党政府时期提出的，但现任工党政府（2024年当选）并未将其付诸实施。
But it recently emerged the government had quietly dropped plans to prepare England's countryside for the rising risk of blazes. The proposals were promised under Rishi Sunak's Conservative government in 2023, but never launched by the current Labour government, elected in 2024.
环境部官员确认该计划“未付诸实施”——此前环保活动家兼作者盖伊·沙布索尔根据《环境信息条例》提出请求，天空新闻获悉该请求。
Environment department officials confirmed the programme was "not brought into effect" - following an Environmental Information Regulations request made by environmental campaigner and author Guy Shrubsole, and seen by Sky News.
一位政府发言人表示，他们已将“野火防范作为政府优先事项”，并正在与消防和救援服务部门组织野火峰会，以确保国家做好准备。
A government spokesperson said they had made "wildfire preparedness a government priority" and was organising a wildfire summit with fire and rescue services to ensure the country is prepared.
“土地管理和景观适应在这其中发挥着重要作用，我们与土地管理者和专家密切合作，以支持泥炭地的恢复、防火带的建设以及其他有助于防止火灾发生或在事件中蔓延速度加快的适应措施。”盖伊·沙布索尔告诉天空新闻，峰会必须实现“在使景观防火方面的根本性转变——通过恢复泥炭沼泽、池塘和湿地——并消除加剧野火的化石燃料”。他补充说，气候和自然政策是该国“抵御极端天气的最佳防线”。
"Land management and landscape adaptation plays an important part in this, and we work closely with land managers and experts to support the restoration of peatlands, the creation of firebreaks and other adaptations that help to prevent fires from starting or from spreading as quickly during incidents." Guy Shrubsole told Sky News the summit would have to bring about "radical changes to how we fire-proof our landscapes - by restoring peat bogs, ponds and wetlands - and cut out the fossil fuels making wildfires worse". Climate and nature policies are the country's "best defence against extreme weather", he added.