Baschurch: Crews from Shropshire and Hereford called in to tackle field fire

The incident in Stanwardine near Baschurch involved 60 acres of straw and stubble.

It saw crews working well into the night.

The callout went in shortly before 4pm and saw crews from Oswestry, Ellesmere, Baschurch, Wem, Shrewsbury and Craven Arms in attendance including the incident support unit, light pumping unit and operations and safety officers.

INCIDENT 📟 Mobilised by @SFRS_Control ☎️ 23:55 on Thursday as relief crew 🚒 to take over from @SFRS_Whitchurch @SFRS_Oswestry at an ongoing large fire in the open near #Baschurch 🔥👩🏻‍🚒Thanks to our colleagues from @SFRS_Wem for taking over from us at 04:15 😴 👍🏻 #Beenalongnight pic.twitter.com/1dK11wtgdb

— Market Drayton (@SFRS_MDrayton) July 15, 2022

Meanwhile, the drone team from neighbouring Hereford and Worcester Fire Service was also in attendance.

And other crews, including Market Drayton were called in to provide relief later into the night.

A spokesperson for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "Five fire appliances including the Incident Support Unit and the Light Pumping Unit were mobilised from Baschurch, Craven Arms, Ellesmere, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Wem. Operations and Safety officers were in attendance."

Crews from across the county with support from @HWFire drone team have dealt with a 60 acre field fire this evening.
Crews worked hard to surround the fire preventing further spread. @SFRS_Control had a challenging few hours with 2 large incidents. Well done all involved pic.twitter.com/vteLVyhDHi

— Craig Jackson (@SFRS_cjackson) July 14, 2022

They added: "Field fire involving approximately 60 acres of straw and stubble.

"The drone team from Hereford and Worcester Fire Service were also in attendance at this incident."

The stop message was sent in at 7.55pm however, crews were in attendance into the early hours of the morning and beyond.