Jersey's Chief Fire Officer is urging islanders to remain vigilant and responsible following wildfires in Little Sark, Guernsey, and France in recent days.
The gorse fire in Little Sark on Friday (10 July) was declared as the island's first major incident in 70 years, and covered around 20,000 square metres.
Nine Guernsey firefighters were drafted in to help Sark crews.
On Sunday (12 July), crews in Guernsey battled a blaze on headland at La Corbiere, which took around seven hours to extinguish.
Meanwhile, in France, flames broke out in the Mielles area of Portbail-sur-Mer, around 15 miles from Jersey's east coast.
Around 50 people were evacuated, with the blaze spreading quickly due to strong winds and dry vegetation.
Chief Fire Officer, Paul Brown, said:
"The hard work of our neighbours and colleagues in Sark and Guernsey, in dealing with fires in both islands, highlights the reality and potential of the risk of fire.
"Some firefighters were injured in responding to the incident in Sark, and we wish our colleagues in Guernsey Fire and Rescue Service a speedy recovery."
The risk of wildfires in Jersey is still at its highest level, extreme, because of the prolonged hot and dry conditions.
Jersey's fire service received around 30 calls because of the Portbail-sur-Mer wildfire, after a large plume of smoke drifted across the island.
Station Commander, Larry Vibert, said:
"We took around 30 calls, yesterday afternoon, reporting a large amount of smoke in the area. For the initial calls, the ‘area’ was in different locations, running from the northeast, through the centre, and into the southwest of the island, in a diagonal line replicating the wind direction.
"Crews were deployed to all the locations and were checking the area and, of course, to the northeast of those locations. Our duty officers had information about a fire in the Port-Bail area of Normandy but, of course, needed to verify that there was no major fire in Jersey.
"Our thanks go to Jersey Coastguard, who were also aware of and reporting the smoke plume. We were liaising with them through the afternoon, and they proactively deployed the Channel Island Air Search to carry out overflight reconnaissance to assist in ruling out a fire here. We are also very grateful to Channel Island Air Search for their help."
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