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Fire In Open

A49 Strefford

Craven Arms

Station ground: Craven Arms

Monday, 28 July, 2025 09:06

At 09:06 on Monday, 28 July, 2025, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Craven Arms.

2 fire appliances including the Incident Support Unit were mobilised from Church Stretton, Craven Arms and Ludlow. An Operations officer was in attendance.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

• Hosereel jet
• Thermal imaging camera

20m x 40m of dry grass alight. Extinguished using 2 hose reel jets and thermal imaging camera in use.

The stop message was received at Mon, 07/28/2025 - 09:26

Issued by Fire Control at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. Telephone 01743 260290. Please check out our Twitter and Facebook accounts for other announcements.