Dorset Fire and Rescue say we may never know what caused Saturday's large fire at Talbot Heath.

It took 40 firefighters over 2 hours to get it under control - and though it may have been a discarded cigarette or barbacue - arson isn't being ruled out.

Commander Richard Coleman says residents helped crews access the blaze through their gardens, and provided drinking water in the intense heat:

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B/A: Dorset Wildlife Trust says a fire at Upton Heath at about 4-30 yesterday afternoon, thought to be deliberate, damaged an area bigger than a football pitch - just as bird and reptile breeding season gets underway.