A serious New Forest highway on the coronary heart of a wildfire will remain closed for repairs until the weekend.
A serious incident was declared after a van fireplace on the A31 close to Ringwood on 9 August went on to destroy about 1.6 sq km (0.6 sq miles) of heathland.
The twin carriageway has been closed for the reason that fireplace began and National Highways confirmed the principle route between Bournemouth and Southampton will remain shut until the weekend.
Highways England has mentioned it would exchange about 1km (0.6 miles) of boundary fencing and lots of of metres of barrier.
As the restore work begins firefighters have been eradicating a 8km (5 mile) lengthy hose used to assist deal with the blaze.
Forest residents have additionally had restricted entry to and from their houses whereas fireplace crews used a High Volume Pump (HVP) to acquire greater than 85-million litres of water from Hightown Lake to deal with the hearth.