Shropshire Star

Crews called to tractor and barbecue fires

Fire crews called to tractor ablaze near Oswestry.

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Two crews from Oswestry Fire Station were sent to Edgerley to deal with a tractor and trailer on fire at around 11.53am on Saturday.

An operations officer also attended the scene, where fire fighters found the vehicle 100 per cent involved in flames.

Two breathing apparatus and two hose reel jets were used to extinguish the fire.

Later in the day, two fire crews from Shrewsbury were sent to Mawley Close to deal with a barbecue fire.

The crews went to the scene around 2.05pm on Saturday to deal with the incident.

They found a gas barbecue which had set alight and used one hose reel jet to dampen down the flames.