Severe tractor fire damages grass verge and trees in village near Bedford
A tractor was completely destroyed by a fire which spread to a grass verge and trees in Great Barford.
Fire crews were called to the incident which happened around 4.50pm yesterday (May 28) in Roxton Road.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used two hose reels to extinguish the fire and a thermal imaging camera to check for hot spots. The cause of the fire was accidental.
Earlier on Wednesday crews were also called to a fire in Wallis Way, Bedford, when a car was 100% burnt out.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used two hose reels to extinguish the fire. The cause was accidental.
Two other fires started in the open are being treated as arson.
A crew from Ampthill was called to a blaze in Maulden road, Flitwick at 1.54pm on May 28 with firefighters using backpack sprayers to extinguish the fire. Later, at 8.02pm, firefighters attended a small fire in the open in Moor Lane, Maulden, using back pack sprayers to extinguish the fire and a thermal imaging camera to check for hot spots.
The cause of both fires was deliberate.