Fire in the open – Ramsey Heights - Huntingdonshire

08/08/2018 3.12PM

At 3.12pm on Wednesday (8) crews were called to a fire on Middle Drove in Ramsey Heights.

Around 40 firefighters, including crews from Stanground, Huntingdon, Dogsthorpe, St Ives, St Neots and Chatteris, along with water carriers from Ramsey and from the US Airfoce base at Alconbury attended the incident. 

Firefighters arrived to find a fire involving around 40 acres of field, along with a vehicle and cylinders. They extinguished the fire using hose reels and returned to their stations by 10.22pm. 

The cause of the fire was accidental.