Fire burns through two tonnes of hay at barn near Oswestry

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A fire at a barn near Oswestry burned through about two tonnes of hay.

The blaze broke out at a farm in Middleton at about 11.26am today.

Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service sent appliances, including the light pumping unit and the water carrier, from Baschurch, Ellesmere, Oswestry and Shrewsbury. An operations officer was also in attendance.

Firefighters used a hose reel jet and an onsite digger to extinguish the blaze by about midday.

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