"I leapt out of bed, threw some clothes on, jumped in my pickup truck and headed down," he told the BBC. Advertisement AdvertisementConisbee, a ninth-generation farmer, continued that he discovered his "best wheat field" was ablaze. "The noise which really took me by surprise and the speed with which the flames were engulfing [the field]." Advertisement AdvertisementHe added he was "very, very" concerned about future fires happening again on his Surrey farm as the area is a "total tinderbox". Advertisement AdvertisementOn Thursday, Surrey Fire and Rescue Service said it had contained another wildfire at Brentmoor Heath near Woking.