140005
Fire In Open
Broom Hill
Pulverbatch
Station ground: Minsterley
Sunday, 24 August, 2025 13:26
At 13:26 on Sunday, 24 August, 2025, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Pulverbatch.
12 fire appliances including the Incident Command Unit and the Incident Support Unit were mobilised from Baschurch, Bishops Castle, Bridgnorth, Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Minsterley, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Telford Central, Tweedale and Wellington. Operations, Fire Investigation, Safety and Principal officers were in attendance.
Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:
- Beaters
- Hosereel jet
20 Hectares of field alight. Beaters and hose reel jets used to extinguish. Drone utilised to check for further fire spread. Assistance given from neighboring brigade Mid and West Wales.
The stop message was received at Mon, 08/25/2025 - 16:58
Issued by Fire Control at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. Telephone 01743 260290. Please check out our Twitter and Facebook accounts for other announcements.
