Bournemouth road partially shut after car fire spreads to heath
The vehicle fire, in a slip road leading to a quarry, sent black smoke across the road, according to videos posted online.Fire crews from Springbourne, Wareham, Christchurch, Poole, Redhill Park and Ferndown attended the blaze, supported by crews from Lymington and New Milton in Hampshire, said the service.The A338 is a major road used by holidaymakers between the A31 near Ringwood and Bournemouth.Dorset has been hit by two major heath fires this month, including one at Newton Heath near Swanage that burned for 10 days, while fire crews from across England helped to deal with a blaze at Holt Heath near Wimborne across 72 hectares (177 acres) of land.
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