Fire In Open

Fire In Open

Haughmond Hill

Shrewsbury

Station ground: Shrewsbury

Sunday, 24 August, 2025 19:53

At 19:53 on Sunday, 24 August, 2025, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Shrewsbury.

7 fire appliances including the Incident Command Unit, the Incident Support Unit and the Water Carrier were mobilised from Bridgnorth, Newport, Prees, Shrewsbury, Tweedale and Wellington. Operations, Safety and Principal officers were in attendance.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

• Breathing Apparatus (BA)
• Hosereel jet
• Main jet

Fire involving approximately 250m x 50m of trees and undergrowth. Crews used 2 main jets, 2 45mm jets, 2 breathing apparatus' and fogging unit from Incident Support Unit. Drone has also been launched to look for hot spots. Water carrier from Bridgnorth utilised to ferry water to incident.

The stop message was received at Mon, 08/25/2025 - 01:25

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

Fire In Open

Haybridge Road

Telford

Station ground: Wellington

Sunday, 24 August, 2025 19:09

At 19:09 on Sunday, 24 August, 2025, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Telford.

1 fire appliance was mobilised from Wellington.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

• Hosereel jet

Small fire involving grass and hedgerow. Crews extinguished using 1 hosereel jet.

The stop message was received at Sun, 08/24/2025 - 19:22

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

Fire In Open

Overley

Telford

Station ground: Telford Central

Sunday, 24 August, 2025 19:03

At 19:03 on Sunday, 24 August, 2025, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Telford.

1 fire appliance was mobilised from Newport.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

• Hosereel jet

Fire involving approximately 20m of grass. Crews extinguished using 1 hosereel jet.

The stop message was received at Sun, 08/24/2025 - 19:17

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

Fire In Open

Long Mynd

Church Stretton

Station ground: Church Stretton

Sunday, 24 August, 2025 18:12

At 18:12 on Sunday, 24 August, 2025, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Church Stretton.

1 fire appliance was mobilised from Church Stretton.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

• Buckets of water

Fire involving small BBQ. Crews extinguished using buckets of water. Advice given.

The stop message was received at Sun, 08/24/2025 - 18:40

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

Fire In Open

Hatton Road

Hinstock

Station ground: Market Drayton

Sunday, 24 August, 2025 16:46

At 16:46 on Sunday, 24 August, 2025, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Hinstock.

1 fire appliance was mobilised from Hodnet.

One bonfire out of control spread to affect 30m of hedgerow, woodland, straw and hay roughly 30m x 20m.

The stop message was received at Sun, 08/24/2025 - 17:50

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

Fire In Open

Playing Fields Burnside

Telford

Station ground: Telford Central

Sunday, 24 August, 2025 16:43

At 16:43 on Sunday, 24 August, 2025, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Telford.

1 fire appliance was mobilised from Newport.

Small fire in field that has been extinguished by Fire Service Personnel.

The stop message was received at Sun, 08/24/2025 - 17:00

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

Fire In Open

Farmcote

Claverley

Station ground: Bridgnorth

Sunday, 24 August, 2025 15:30

At 15:30 on Sunday, 24 August, 2025, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Claverley.

5 fire appliances were mobilised from Bridgnorth and Telford Central.

Grass on fire in field, assistance from Staffordshire and West Midlands Fire Service.

The stop message was received at Sun, 08/24/2025 - 18:12

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

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.

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Brown Clee

Burwarton

Station ground: Craven Arms

Sunday, 24 August, 2025 11:31

At 11:31 on Sunday, 24 August, 2025, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Burwarton.

2 fire appliances including the Incident Support Unit were mobilised from Ludlow and Tweedale.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

• Knapsacks
• Shovels/Forks/Brooms

Fire involving grass and gorse roughly 4m x 4m.

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

Fire In Open

Hillside Drive

Shrewsbury

Station ground: Shrewsbury

Saturday, 23 August, 2025 20:39

At 20:39 on Saturday, 23 August, 2025, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Shrewsbury.

1 fire appliance was mobilised.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

• Knapsacks

Small fire involving timber, crews used a knapsack sprayer to extinguish the fire.

The stop message was received at Sat, 08/23/2025 - 21:18

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