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Bromsgrove field fire sees 50 homes evacuated amid major incident
Fifty houses had to be evacuated and a major incident was declared after a fire in a field near involved 100 hectares of crops, as well as a tractor, a stable block and a container storing about 30 tonnes of hay, at Linehouse Lane on Saturday at about 17:40 BST, Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) farmers used five tractors with ploughs to create a fire break and 12 fire engines were sent to the scene, supported by officers from West Midland Fire Service and West Midlands the weekend, firefighters suggested the blaze could have been started by an unattended cooking pan in the field.
On Monday, the fire service, which has released drone footage of the scene, said the blaze was not believed to be deliberate and arson was not suspected.A spokeswoman said HWFRS had received an unprecedented number of calls over the weekend because of the heat wave and many of the calls were linked to fires in the of the high number of calls, HWFRS initiated a procedure that allowed other fire services to assist in taking 999 calls."Firefighters and fire control worked tirelessly to deal with this incident, with crews working to tackle the blaze and bring it under control, with the support of local farmers who helped create the fire break," a spokeswoman who had to leave their homes were moved to a rest centre and returned the same evening, she added. No-one is believed to have been injured.
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