Herefordshire firefighters tackle multiple crop fires in hot weather

Crews from Leominster, Bromyard, Kingsland, and Ledbury fire stations joined Malvern fire station to put out a combine harvester that had gone off the road.

Firefighters were called to the scene in Tenbury Wells at 2.06pm where they use watercarriers and a drone.

Fire in Tenbury Wells Picture: Leominster fire station

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Herefordshire firefighters tackling a blaze in Tenbury Picture: Leominster fire station

A farmer was helped to extinguish the combine harvester and 40000 square metres of standing crop fire.

Firefighters from Eardisley and Ewyas Harold fire stations helped an owner put out a blaze of scrubland and straw in Netwon St Margarets, near Hereford, at 3.40pm.

Firefighters from Ross-on-Wye and Peterchurch fire stations helped Gloucester fire station tackle a gorse fire in Mitcheldean, near Gloucester, at 1.31pm.

Crop fire in Mitcheldean Picture: Gloucester fire station

The fire was stopped before it spread to a wooded area Picture: Gloucester fire service
Crews used pumps and watercarriers to put out the blaze before it spread any further.