A fire involving agricultural buildings broke out near Whittington in the early hours of Thursday morning.
The incident at Hindford Grange began at around 1am and saw six fire crews from Oswestry, Ellesmere, Baschurch, Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth in attendance.
Station manager for Shrewsbury, James Bainbridge said they took "quick and decisive action" to prevent the fire spreading and to protect livestock and other farm equipment.
Crews from Ellesmere, Oswestry, Baschurch, Shrewsbury (LPU) and Bridgnorth (Water Bowser) took quick and decisive action to prevent fire spread, protect livestock and other farm equipment nr Whittington overnight. L3 support from @SFRS_atm. Incident ongoing. pic.twitter.com/O5NjOWeKXJ
— James Bainbridge (@SFRS_JBainbr) July 25, 2019
The incident involved a number of buildings and firefighters used three hose reel jets and one covering jet to extinguish the flames, however the incident is ongoing this morning.
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