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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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A chief fire officer has praised soldiers for supporting crews tackling wildfires in south Wales.
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officer → publish → Wales
Fin Monahan said South Wales Fire and Rescue Service was under severe pressure and very grateful to seven other fire services and the military for help.
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Service → say → help
About 200 members of the Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment, with support from 22 Royal Engineers, Royal Logistics Corp and Army helicopters have been been involved.
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members → involve → Engineers
Crews from London, Cumbria and elsewhere have also been providing support.
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Crews → provide → support
Monahan told the BBC the UK and Welsh governments took "a very serious step" in bringing in the military but the "extra capacity" was needed as crews fought dozens of fires across the country.
He said his firefighters have "very specialist skills" to tackle wildfires with military assistance enabling him to "focus all of that in the right place".
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firefighters → tell → place
Soldiers have been providing logistical support, including water distribution, to assist firefighters and specialist responders.
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Soldiers → provide → firefighters
Monahan described the soldiers as "doing an utterly phenomenal job digging trenches and also helping us build fire breaks".
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us → describe → breaks
"That has liberated lots of our firefighters to go and do their more specialist skills of firefighting."
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That → liberate → firefighting
In south Wales, about 14 separate fires were being tackled by crews on Sunday.
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fires → tackle → Sunday
Mid and West Wales Fire Rescue and Service said crews were dealing with blazes at Rhandirmwyn and Ammanford in Carmarthenshire and Hay-on-Wye and Brecon in Powys on Sunday.
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crews → say → Sunday
They have also attended fires in Gorseinon, Swansea, and Tenby, Pembrokeshire, as well as an incident involving smoke in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.
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They → attend → Llanelli
Chris Bryant, MP for Rhondda and Ogmore, said a fire in Treherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf, had been "appalling" and he thanked crews from London who had provided assistance.
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who → say → assistance
"Thankfully, there are fire engines from all over the UK and two helicopters have been in place all afternoon.
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helicopters → be → place
But this can't be our new normal," he said, in a post on X, external on Saturday.
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he → say → Saturday
Monahan praised the Royal Logistics Corps and Royal Engineers in ensuring crews had water to tackle the fires.
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crews → praise → fires
"The Welsh water system is under pressure, so they're moving vast quantities of water from areas that we have it into areas where we're fighting the fire, so that we don't put too much pressure on the water system," he said.
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he → move → system
He also said the national emergency fire alert issued by the UK government to people's mobile phones in England and Wales on Friday was "absolutely necessary".
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alert → say → Friday
But he expressed disappointment that some people still did not appreciate the dangers.
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people → express → dangers
"Even after that transmission, I stopped and found someone who was burning tyres underneath a tree.
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who → stop → tree
"This is irresponsible behaviour," he said.
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he → say → ?
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