Firefighters tackle early-morning blaze involving hay bales near Telford
Firefighters were called out in the early hours after a fire broke out involving hay bales in a village near Telford.
The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service received a call at 4.58am today (Sunday) reporting a fire in the open in Great Bolas, around eight miles north of Telford.
Two fire crews were sent from Hodnet and Wellington fire stations to the scene.
A spokesperson for the fire service said: "Four large straw bales on fire which crews extinguished using two hose reel jets, multiple drag rakes and pitchforks."
Firefighters also used a thermal imaging camera to check for any remaining hotspots.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze, and the stop message - indicating that assistance was no longer required - was received by fire control at 6.24am.
