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Fire In Open

Shrewsbury Road Cwmdale

Church Stretton

Station ground: Church Stretton

Tuesday, 31 January, 2023 17:04

At 17:04 on Tuesday, 31 January, 2023, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Church Stretton .

5 fire appliances including the Incident Command Unit, the Incident Support Unit and the Light Pumping Unit were mobilised from Baschurch, Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Shrewsbury and Telford Central. Operations and Safety officers were in attendance.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

• Beaters
• Hosereel jet

This incident involves an area of gorse measuring approximately 300 - 400 metres squared. A number of hose reel jets and beaters are in use to extinguish the fire.

The stop message was received at Tue, 01/31/2023 - 20:34

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