[(Title)] Fire rages across Saddleworth Moor near Manchester in northwest England

British fire officials have asked for military help to fight a moorland fire that drove dozens of people from their homes in northwest England on Wednesday.

英国消防官员已经要求军队帮助对抗星期三在英格兰西北部将数十人赶出家园的荒野火灾。

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said 100 firefighters were tackling seven pockets of fire across a six-kilometre area of Saddleworth Moor on the outskirts of the city.

大曼彻斯特消防救援队表示，100名消防员正在该市郊区一个六公里的Saddleworth Moor地区扑灭七支火灾。

Assistant chief fire officer Leon Parkes said some of the fire, which has destroyed about 800 hectares of moorland, was in remote, hard-to-reach areas.

助理消防长Leon Parkes说，摧毁了大约800公顷的沼地的部分火灾发生在偏远、难以到达的地区。

Dave Keelan, director of emergency response at the fire service, said "we have requested military assistance from the Ministry of Defence".

消防处应急部主任Dave Keelan说，"我们已向国防部请求军事援助"。

He said the fire had taken hold in dry peat and was very hard to extinguish.

他说，干燥的泥坑中已经起了火，非常难熄灭。

Firefighters do not yet know the cause of the fire.

消防员尚不知道火灾的原因。

Much of Britain is experiencing a heatwave and unusually dry weather.

英国大部分地区正经历着热浪和异常干燥的天气。

Brenda Warrington, leader of Tameside Borough Council, said it was "a very changeable situation, almost minute by minute".

塔米西德·博罗布理事会领导人布伦达·瓦灵顿说，这是一个“变化无穷的局面，几乎每分钟都在变化”。

"It's dry as a tinderbox up there," with wind fanning the flames, she said.

她说：“天气干燥，像罐头一样。”火焰随风飘扬。

Residents were told to leave 34 homes in the village of Carrbrook late Tuesday as winds pushed the flames closer.

在周二晚些时候，狂风把火焰推得更近，居民被告知要离开Carrbrook村的34个住房。

"The flames were getting closer and closer and the smoke got thicker — you couldn't see anything, you could hear the sparks," said Sue McDowell, who left with her husband Peter, their West Highland terriers and their cat.

“火焰越来越近了，烟变浓了——你什么也看不见，你可以听到火花的声音，”和丈夫彼得、西高地梗和猫一起离开的麦克道尔说。

"We just grabbed whatever we and could got out. It was scary."

“我们抓起了所有我们可以拿到的东西，火很可怕。”

AP