# UK prime minister Andy Burnham calls emergency Cobra meeting on extreme heat

https://mins.news/en/video/20480

- BBC News, 2026-08-12 17:39 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVbCN6l10Ro

> UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is chairing an emergency Cobra committee meeting on the government’s response to extreme heat and fires across the country. Temperatures are expected to rise sharply again. Firefighters remain engaged with a wildfire in the New Forest, Hampshire, which began on Sunday. Crews in Scotland are also still battling a Cairngorms wildfire that started on 15 July. The programme examines the government’s actions and the political pressure facing Burnham.

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