A lovely seaside resort has been changed into a smouldering wreck after a fireplace ripped by it.

Aerial images present the stays of Studland Heath, Dorset, after the blaze tore by the world.

Six hearth crews battled for 3 hours to cease the blaze which is a Site of Specific Scientific Interest and residential to 6 native British reptiles.

Firefighters used specifically tailored Land Roves to battle the blaze and cease it from wiping out extra of the heath.