Praying they get it under control quickly

We live about 25 miles from the fire in the New Forest and it's been so sad to see it take hold. Days later still not out. Awful to see it in Mousehold now too, spent so much of my childhood playing there and houses so close as well.

Posted By: BungysPie on August 13th 2026 at 17:34:58

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Anyone else seeing smoke rising in the NR13 area? (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 13, 16:43:34
- nope but i saw a ufo flying over my house earlier (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 13, 16:51:44
  - Afternoon drinking combined with sunstroke! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Aug 13, 17:30:29
  - International Spacestation? (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Aug 13, 17:29:14
    - good shout! (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 13, 17:48:46
  - Get down the well (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Aug 13, 17:21:37
    - funny you should mention it today was the innaugral test of the pump! (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 13, 17:46:45
  - 😮 (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 13, 16:55:52
- Fire on Mousehold apparently :( (n/m) (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Aug 13, 16:48:33
  - Praying they get it under control quickly (General Chat) - BungysPie, Aug 13, 17:34:58
    - Where are you? (General Chat) - eadie2001, Aug 13, 19:09:24
    - The main route through the New Forest closed for at least another week (n/m) (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Aug 13, 18:53:24
  - Bloody hell - I'm 10 miles away! (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 13, 16:50:42
    - Here (General Chat) - jamesward, Aug 13, 16:57:07
      - Looked like it had died down from here and now the smoke is back. Bad. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 13, 17:08:10
        
        Daughter lives close to there and messaged me to say (General Chat) - jamesward, Aug 13, 17:16:23
        
        Hmmm no. (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 13, 17:21:34
        
        uh oh, that's bad (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Aug 13, 17:22:44
        
        just messaged my son who is a fireman sam to ask if he was on call up there (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 13, 17:55:07
        
        Knowing firemen, I'm quite surprised there are ever any (General Chat) - jamesward, Aug 13, 18:49:51
  - I can hear many sirens in the city (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Aug 13, 16:50:15

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