136356
Fire In Open
Leaton
Bomere Heath
Shrewsbury
Station ground: Shrewsbury
Tuesday, 6 May, 2025 09:55
At 09:55 on Tuesday, 6 May, 2025, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Shrewsbury.
1 fire appliance including the Incident Support Unit was mobilised from Minsterley and Shrewsbury.
Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:
- Beaters
- Buckets of water
- Knapsacks
Also at the scene of the incident were: a utility company.
Incident involved one fallen power cable causing a fire within a woodland area. Crews used a lance from the Incident Support Unit buckets of water, knapsacks and beaters to contain and then extinguish the fire whilst National Grid investigated live cables. This incident has now been left with National Grid.
The stop message was received at Tue, 05/06/2025 - 11:50
Issued by Fire Control at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. Telephone 01743 260290. Please check out our Twitter and Facebook accounts for other announcements.
