139636

Fire In Open

Woodside
Telford

Station ground: Telford Central

Tuesday, 12 August, 2025 12:15


At 12:15 on Tuesday, 12 August, 2025, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Telford.

4 fire appliances including the Incident Support Unit were mobilised from Bridgnorth, Much Wenlock, Newport, Shrewsbury, Telford Central and Tweedale. Operations and Specialist Advisor officers were in attendance.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

  • Beaters
  • Breathing Apparatus (BA)
  • Hosereel jet

200m X 100m of Gorse and Grass alight. Beaters, 4 x Hose reel jets, 3 x 45m jets and 2 fogging units utilised off the incident support units used to tackle the fire. Drone also in use to check for further fire spread.

The stop message was received at Tue, 08/12/2025 - 14:14

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