Fire in the open - Holme - Huntingdonshire

27/07/2026 3.22PM

At 3.22pm on Monday (27) crews were called to a fire in the open on Holme Fen in Holme.

More than 40 firefighters, including crews from Stanground, Chatteris, Dogsthorpe, Whittlesey, Huntingdon, Thorney and Manea, along with a specialist 4x4 vehicle from Thorney, the water carrier from Ramsey and a crew from Oundle in Northamptonshire, attended the incident.

Firefighters arrived to find a fire in the woods. They are using beaters to extinguish the fire and are working in sectors. Good progress is being made.

The incident is still ongoing.