10's of large Stourbridge homes burnt to the ground

Should be interesting to hear what caused this tbh…..

HMO's?

Rewilding ?

Just flicked to this. I could see plenty of pictures of houses being burnt to the ground, but nobody fighting the fires. Doesn't look good at all.

Shocking,you got to feel for these people.
Hope every one who's involved are OK.

4 houses burned down in the sandyford area of stoke on trent. cost of damage estimated at nearly £500.

Tiger.

i might not be quite there yet but i think it goes something like this ,its summer its meant to be hot enjoy it,you should have been around in 1976,blah,blah
wild fires everywhere
homes been destroyed
railway line rails bending out of shape
hospital buildings and others to warm to work in safely
2.5 million people needing medical help for heat releated problems this summer

if only someone could think of a phrase that encapsualted it all in 2 words,
might do a  bit of work trying to think of a phrase

bull sheet?

'Heat wave' sufficed for most of my life.

SO WHAT

Total W*nk ?

Accidentally or intentionally ?

Are you covered insurance wise if the fire was not an internal issue. Must dig out my insurance later.

i,d imagine going forward houe with log burner and logs/wood piled up outide their houses, kept in wooden  canopy, etc,will be eeing increaes in their home insurance

^^ surely^^

"Should be interesting to hear what caused this tbh….."    likely people smashing their bottles of booze after drinking or other tipping

Some very nice properties.  Wonder if any of them are owned by local footballers?

lots of the houses wqere surroundeds by trees which wernt burning,imagining the flying ash from those that were burning was dropping on roofs,getting under tiles setting wood,debris alight and any wood,debris ,flammable rubbish around/close proximity to the houses that were burned

If only they could of used hose pipes oh well back to the """WILD"" FIRES""

plenty of hosepipes,just missing  the 10,000 firemen the tory,s paid off to hold,m

Aug 14, 2026 -- 2:49PM, 1st time poster wrote:

plenty of hosepipes,just missing

And what have Labour done since they have been in power 1TP ?  More job cuts....?

in rural area,s lots of firefighters are volunteers,faires like we,re seeing recently well above their paygrade,heard on tv they cant get nmar enough to fight ome of these fires because the ground i to hot ,their boots setting alight,its specialists with specialist gear reauired

stourbridge is as rural as middlesbrough 1st time

This is just in UK, loads of europe been completed furrced this year so far....

yes howard, was on about fire in general not yesterdays

Grass doesn’t automatically combust.

France have arrested over 400 people for arson.

Figures from french government.

We know what the climate change loony lefties activists are doing instead of chaining themselves to rails and chucking paint over business windows, anyway.

Pity they never went up if that's the case.

FIRE chiefs are probing whether A-level students celebrating their results by burning notepads may have sparked a huge wildfire that has left 25 in hospital.

A total of 19 homes were completely destroyed and 18 others damaged as families forced to evacuate as the fire spread across Stourbridge, West Midlands, yesterday afternoon.



A-level students across the country had been collecting their final grades – with many celebrating throughout the day.

However, fire chiefs are now reportedly investigating whether teenagers burning notepads and celebrating with barbecues may have been behind the blaze.