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Serious vehicle fire at Appleby Horse Fair not being treated as suspicious
A serious fire involving a vehicle at Appleby Horse Fair is not being treated as suspicious.
Cumbria Police confirmed that emergency services responded to a vehicle fire on the Trade Field at Appleby Horse Fair on Saturday 7 June.
The incident occurred at around 11.40am and involved a Ford Transit van.
An eyewitness told ITV News she rang the fire brigade to assist as the public tried to help those nearby.
Alice Snowball said, "I was standing at the auction van and the man on the van shouted, "Your van is on fire - and everybody pulled together to move stalls, vehicles and stock out the way so it didn't spread and stayed contained to the van."
Police and fire crews attended, with officers extinguishing the fire - which did not spread beyond the vehicle - by midday.
The cause of the fire is not being treated as suspicious at time. Nobody was injured in the incident.
