Investigation into 40-day mountain fire
An event will be held later this year to learn lessons from a mountain fire that burned for 40 days and took 60 firefighters to put out.
On July 11, a fire broke on on Llantysilio Mountain, near Llangollen, with firefighters and agencies battling for 40 days to put the blaze out.
Roads in the area, known as the Horseshoe Pass, were closed and businesses were impacted on numerous occasions as the fire continued to burn over large areas.
Denbighshire County Council wants to hear from people affected by the fire and the impact it has had on them and their business, and to see any photographs or videos they have of the fire.
The information will go towards an evidence-gathering meeting of the community, which is being held at Llangollen's International Pavilion on March 20
Scrutiny Co-ordinator Rhian Evans said: "Its aim is to understand what happened and learn lessons from the event in a bid to improve the management of similar incidents in future and minimise the disruption caused to nearby communities and businesses."
Anyone who wants to submit evidence for the event need to email rhian.evans@denbiqhshire.qov.uk before February 12.
The event comes after local councillor Merfyn Parry made a call for an inquiry to take place, following a meeting of residents held back in August.
At that meeting, some business owners said they were angry over a lack of communication, and a lack of support to keep fire watchers at bay.
At the time, Stuart Millington, senior operations manager for North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said he was proud of the crews who had worked tirelessly to deal with the fire.
He said: "The scale of operations and the efforts required to bring this type of incident under control should not be underestimated and I would like to commend our firefighters for working extremely hard, for extended periods, during excessively high temperatures and over arduous terrain."
