139801

Smoke In Area

Pontesford Hill Shrewsbury

Station ground: Minsterley

Sunday, 17 August, 2025 15:07

At 15:07 on Sunday, 17 August, 2025, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Smoke In Area in Shrewsbury .

1 fire appliance including the Incident Support Unit was mobilised from Minsterley.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

• Hosereel jet
• Thermal imaging camera

This incident involved an area of grass field approximately 35m x 35m which was extinguished by crews using two hosereel jets and one fogging unit to damp down hotspots. Crews also used one thermal imaging camera.

The stop message was received at Sun, 08/17/2025 - 15:43

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