105352

Fire In Open

Weston Heath Coppice

Shrewsbury

Station ground: Hodnet

Saturday, 16 July, 2022 15:24

At 15:24 on Saturday, 16 July, 2022, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Shrewsbury.

1 fire appliance including the Incident Support Unit and the Water Carrier was mobilised from Market Drayton, Oswestry, Wem and Whitchurch. An Operations officer was in attendance.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

• Main jet
• Shovels/Forks/Brooms

Fire involving approximately 30m x 10m of peat and undergrowth. Beaters, shovels, main jet and misting lance in use.

The stop message was received at Sat, 07/16/2022 - 18:19

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