Firefighters tackle large field fire in Leighton Buzzard

Crews from Leighton Buzzard attended a standing crop fire of approximately 40 hectares (400,000 sq metres).

The blaze was in a field next to Cherrycourt Way on the evening on Sunday, August 13.

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Assisted by crews from Toddington and Woburn with off road vehicles, the fire was brought under control and extinguished quickly using hosereel jets.

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