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• UPDATE (08:45 28/06): 皇冠体育app Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service have notified the MOD that the RAF Chinook is no longer required. 皇冠体育appre are currently 100 soldiers from 4 SCOTS deployed alongside the fire service at Saddleworth Moor, and the MOD remains ready and able to support where needed.

Approximately 100 soldiers from 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland, and an RAF Chinook helicopter have been deployed to support the Great Manchester Fire & Rescue Service operation responding to the Saddleworth Moor fires

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said:

I pay tribute to our Armed Forces鈥� professionalism, dedication and sense of duty. 皇冠体育appy are proving once again that Britain can always depend on our troops to protect us no matter the time, no matter the place, and no matter the problem.

皇冠体育app troops will deploy overnight from their barracks in Catterick. Operating out of a nearby Army Training Centre, they will assist the effort to control and reduce the fire, undertaking tasks such as the management of water lines, fire beating and providing general support where required.

皇冠体育app RAF Chinook, flying out of RAF Odiham, will arrive tomorrow (28th June) morning. It will airlift heavy equipment such as High Volume Pump Units to areas that are difficult to access due to the terrain.