Shropshire and Herefordshire fire crews tackle tractor blaze
Shropshire firefighters joined colleagues from Herefordshire to tackle a blaze involving a tractor.
A crew from Cleobury Mortimer was dispatched to the incident at Mamble, over the border in Herefordshire, at around 2.43pm yesterday (Sunday, January 4).
The crew was joined by colleagues from Tenbury Wells as they tackled the blaze which saw a tractor fully engulfed in flames.
The Shropshire firefighters wore breathing apparatus and used hosereel jets to extinguish the fire, with the Tenbury crew taking over with breathing equipment and damped down the remaining hotspots.
An update from Cleobury Mortimer Fire Station on social media following the incident said: "Our crew has just come back from an over-the-border tractor fire with Tenbury Wells Fire Station.
"Upon arrival at the incident, crews were faced with a fully involved tractor fire. Crews quickly got to work extinguishing the fire with two breathing apparatus and two hose reel jets. A crew from Tenbury then took over in BA and began damping down the remaining hotspots."
The incident was declared under control at around 3.45pm.
