FIRE chiefs are urging people to be more careful after numerous grass fires kept crews busy over the weekend.
Fire crews attended 24 grass fires across Worcestershire and Herefordshire, caused by the excessively dry weather in the past two months.
"The weather's been so dry," said Alec Mackie, spokesman for Hereford & Worcester Fire Brigade.
"We haven't had any decent rain for about two months. We are urging people to be careful. You can start grass fires in any manner of ways - dropped cigarettes, broken glass or plastic catching the sun's reflection.
" While we're fighting grass fires we could be saving lives."
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