Fire crews in all counties had their work cut out to deal with dozens of blazes, with authorities issuing pleas to the public and farmers to be extra vigilant in tinderbox conditions.
More than 100 firefighters were needed to battle a blaze for more than a month that started on 24 June near Tintwhistle and Dovestone in Derbyshire, eventually merging with a previously separate fire on Saddleworth Moor.
It engulfed more than 885 hectares of moorland with its size requiring helicopters and ATVs to help douse the flames.
Farmers help hinder the spread
Twenty farmers, including Kidderminster NFU member Daniel Pardoe, and members of the public helped hinder the progress of a fire in Stourbridge in the West Midlands on 13 August, They used a sprayer and hosepipes and bravely gouged out firebreaks with cultivators in the face of the advancing flames, earning praise from the fire service.
Daniel told the BBC: "It was stressful and hot but we knew we could get back - we'd made sure there was access and ways out," he said.
"We were working to a plan in making sure we were doing something sensible and not doing anything too daft.
"There were also locals out here with hosepipes.
"It's been a huge community effort, not just with the fire itself, but ever since... it's been amazing what's been going on around here."
Billows of smoke were seen for miles around as Leicestershire firefighters were called to farmland in Normanton-on-Soar on 14 July. A fire there had torn through 500 bales of hay, with authorities warning it could have had “disastrous” consequences for nearby homes had it not been brought under control quickly.
Nottinghamshire Police were hunting for a teenage boy after a field fire in Nuthall caused £10,000 worth of damage to a corn crop on 9 July. He is described as white, around 14 years old and was wearing a white T-shirt.
There were dozens of reports of fires in fields throughout July across Lincolnshire, with crews extinguishing blazes breaking out around Lincoln, Boston, Spalding, Pinchbeck, Gainsborough, Swinderby and more.
Shropshire firefighters tackled a wildfire on 6 July in Bridgnorth and a “significant” grass field fire in the Roden/ Somerwood area on 11 July, while their colleagues in Staffordshire put out a blaze that destroyed a large amount of standing crops in Shipley on 16 July.
Two boys were arrested following a wildfire that damaged more than three acres of land at Hednesford Hill in Staffordshire on August 16, with 11 fire crews called in to extinguish it. A 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy, both from Cannock, were arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life, Staffordshire Police said.
A discarded portable barbecue set was blamed for a fire that started on Sugarloaf Hill in the Malvern Hills on 19 July, with Hereford and Worcester Fire Service urging the public to be more responsible.
And Northamptonshire Fire Service issued a warning in early July to farmers to be vigilant after overheated harvest machinery caused a number of the 48 fires it had dealt with on a single day.