Fire in the open – Ramsey St Mary’s - Huntingdonshire

09/08/2024 5.41PM

At 5.41pm on Friday (9) crews from Burwell, Dogsthorpe, Stanground, Thorney and Huntingdon were called to a fire in the open on Uggmere Court Road in Ramsey St Mary’s.

Firefighters arrived to find a combine harvester on fire. The fire had spread to standing crop and stubble, with them well alight.

They used hose reels and beaters to extinguish the fire, and then dampened the area down.

Crews returned to their stations by 7.20pm.

The cause of the fire was accidental.