Be fair: apart from a few days last week, April was bone dry, and for most of time there's been plenty of sunshine & a breeze, in short, ideal drying conditions (it's termed "fire weather" in some parts of the world).

I view closing access land as a gesture: powers-that-be have to be seen to be doing something. No matter that the closures will probably have no impact. Hmm... could do everyone a favour by running over the "closed" land & picking up any discarded glass ... in the unlikely event of coming across any that is.

Aren't most moorland fires the result of either (a) a controlled burn getting out of control (b) vandals (for want of a better word)?