Fire in the open – Whittlesey - Fenland

08/08/2026 6.51AM

At 6.51am on Saturday (8) a crew from Whittlesey was called to a fire on Aliwal Road in Whittlesey.

Firefighters arrived to find a fire in the open involving peat and extinguished it. They returned to their station by 9am.

They made regular inspections throughout the day to check the area and make it safe.

The cause of the fire was accidental.