Firefighters battle huge blaze in Dagnall field

Crews from across Bedfordshire tackled a huge 400m2 blaze in Dagnall on Sunday afternoon (August 23).

Teams were called to Hemel Hempstead Road at 1.30pm as a field went up in flames – with the blaze also spreading to nearby hedgerow and fencing.

The field fire at Dagnall. Image: Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.placeholder image
The field fire at Dagnall. Image: Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Crews from Biggleswade, Dunstable, Kempston, Leighton Buzzard, Luton, Potton, Stopsley, Shefford and Woburn attended.

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said the cause was accidental.

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