In Stourbridge near the UK's second largest city of Birmingham, smoke rose from smouldering ruins of several roofless houses as firefighters sprayed water on the wreckage Friday.The West Midlands Fire Service said 19 houses were completely destroyed and 18 others damaged in the town.Meeting firefighters in Stourbridge after viewing the scene, Burnham sounded shocked as he said the "combustible situation" was related to climate change and showed the need for a more rapid transition to clean energy."I've never seen scenes like this in Britain, where you just see a whole house gutted, smouldering," he said, "We have to face up to the changing climate ... there's no point denying where we are. We need to face up to it. We need more clean energy," he stressed.Britain has set a target to consume zero-carbon electricity by 2030 and is aiming to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to combat climate change. Describing Britain as "a tinderbox" with 37 blazes around the country on Friday, the prime minister warned against lighting fires outdoors, as the government introduced a ban on selling disposable barbecue equipment.Residents of Stourbridge were evacuated and people treated for smoke inhalation after the fire spread on Thursday, the UK's hottest day of the year so far.One firefighter was hospitalised and five others suffered minor injuries, the fire service said Friday, as crews were still extinguishing "hotspots" in open grassland, along a railway and in gardens.