People in Stourbridge have described the fires that devastated(摧毁，严重破坏) more than a dozen(超过一打（十二个）) homes as “horrendous(可怕的，骇人的)” and “distressing”, with one describing blazes that surpassed(超过，超越) the height of residential houses.
斯陶尔布里奇的居民将这场摧毁了十几栋房屋的大火描述为“可怕的”和“令人痛苦的”，其中一人描述火势超过了住宅房屋的高度。
Multiple fires spread across the West Midlands on Thursday as temperatures reached record highs(创纪录的高温) of 38.1C in the UK, during the country’s fifth consecutive(连续的，不间断的) heatwave.
周四，英国气温达到创纪录的38.1摄氏度，正值该国连续第五次热浪期间，多起火灾在西米德兰兹郡蔓延。
Fifty-four people, including 19 who were taken to hospital, were treated at eight different fires on Thursday, West Midlands ambulance service said, with the fire service confirming 19 homes in Stourbridge, a market town in Dudley, had been fully destroyed and an additional 18 damaged.(西米德兰兹救护车服务称，周四有54人在八起火灾中接受治疗，其中19人送医；消防部门确认斯陶尔布里奇19栋房屋全毁，另有18栋受损。)
西米德兰兹郡救护车服务部门表示，周四共有54人在八起不同的火灾中接受治疗，其中19人被送往医院。消防部门确认，达德利集镇斯陶尔布里奇有19栋房屋被完全烧毁，另有18栋受损。