FIREFIGHTERS responded to a tent on fire in woodland in Wem on Wednesday evening.

The fire was reported at around 10.30pm in woods opposite Roden Grove.

One crew was mobilised from the town to tackle the blaze, which involved tent, undergrowth and trees.

Crews used a knapsack sprayer and buckets of water to extinguish the fire and were on the scene for around 45 minutes. No one was reported injured in the fire.