Huge farm fire destroys hay

Friday 15th August 2008, 11:50AM BST

A huge fire has destroyed about 100 tonnes of hay at a Shropshire farm today.

The blaze at Preston Montford Farm, near Shrewsbury, started about 12.25am, with firefighters monitoring the incident throughout the morning and carrying out a controlled fire.

Crews left at 8.45am, leaving the farmer to supervise the controlled burn.

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