Moorland fire - Ripponden area

This incident has now been marked as concluded and damping down by officers at the scene. 

We'd like to thank our fantastic control room, all our hard working crews, and all our partner agencies and stakeholders for their tireless work over this incident.

Thanks also to the public for avoiding the area, and allowing us to continue our work over the last few days.

#BeMoorAware

Four crews and supporting units are at the scene this morning to monitor the land and watch for any hotspots. Dropping temperatures, a moister ground overnight and morning dew is positive for the ongoing situation.

Our drone team will also be attending later today to help crews assess the full scene.

Seven appliances and four wildfire units and three terrain vehicles continue to damp down an area of approximately 3kmx2km.

Road closures remain in place, we ask the public to continue to avoid the area

We currently have six crews, and six supporting wildfire units at the scene. Firefighters are continuing to work hard in hot and challenging conditions to tackle the fire. The equipment currently in use is, the argocats, beaters, backpacks and fogging units. Please continue to avoid the area, further updates will follow.

Seven crews and supporting units remain at the scene this morning after continuing to monitor and tackle the fire overnight. Crews and partner agencies will continue their work this morning. Please continue to avoid the area. Further updates will follow.

18 crews plus support units are still at the scene. The incident has two flanks burning approximately 2 km each. Crews are using a water relay, large jets, blowers, beaters and backpacks to tackle the fire. We continue to be grateful for support from the public and our partners as we continue to tackle the fire.

18 crews plus supporting teams remain at the scene, which has now been sectorised as they continue to tackle the fire. It is approximately 1km x2km and still spreading. Please continue to avoid the area. There's no reports of any people involved at this time.

There are now 18 crews at the scene tackling the fire, including support from our colleagues at Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.

We also have support from our colleagues at the Highways Agency, West Yorkshire Police and Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

This is a large fire and crews are tackling it in very hot, dry conditions, please do your part and continue to avoid the area.

Further updates will follow.