Hundreds of people have been evacuated and a major incident declared after a wildfire spread over more than 80 hectares (200 acres) on the coast of Suffolk, just a few miles from the Sizewell B nuclear power station. The fire – which had been described by one witness as “apocalyptic” – was said to be stabilising on Thursday night. View image in fullscreen Bathers watch the wildfire from Dunwich beach in Suffolk. Freddie Gulliver, from the Suffolk Joint Emergency Planning Unit, said there was currently no concern that the fire might spread towards Sizewell B. A fortnight ago, the Reform-led Suffolk county council voted to rescind a climate emergency declaration that had been adopted in 2019 and removed references to the climate emergency from council policies, strategies and communications “where appropriate”.