Fire service called after bonfire gets out of control

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The fire service had to be called after a bonfire got out of control and set fire to a hedge on Saturday.

The incident saw a fire engine attend Victoria Street in Ellesmere at around 10am.

A spokesperson for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said the fire crew used a hosereel as well as

rakes and shovels to extinguish the fire that had spread to a nearby hedgerow.

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