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Fire In Open

Hopton Hill Nescliffe

Station ground: Baschurch

Saturday, 5 July, 2025 22:17

At 22:17 on Saturday, 5 July, 2025, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open in Nescliffe.

4 fire appliances including the Incident Support Unit were mobilised from Baschurch, Minsterley, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Telford. Operations and Safety officers were in attendance.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

• Hosereel jet
• Thermal imaging camera

Fire involving approximately 20x20m of woodland and undergrowth. Two main jets and one fogging lance plus thermal imaging camera have been in use. Incident believed to be caused by disposable bbq.

The stop message was received at Sun, 07/06/2025 - 04:48

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