Seven Fire appliances and specialist wild fire units were called in to deal with a moorland fire off Lumb Lane in Wainstalls, the fire which threatened to encircle a local farm house was reported around 5:15 on Sunday with crews from Todmorden, Mytholmroyd, Illingworth, Halifax, Fairweather green and Haworth attended along with Wildfire units from Keighley and Todmorden.
Fire-fighters fought the blaze along a 3 mile radius for over 3 hours by using specialist 4 wheel drive wild fire units and beaters, water was used from a nearby reservoir.
Pictures : Mark Readman : yorkshirenews@o2.co.uk
Fire-fighters fought the blaze along a 3 mile radius for over 3 hours by using specialist 4 wheel drive wild fire units and beaters, water was used from a nearby reservoir.
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