A combine harvester set on fire in East Cambridgeshire on Saturday afternoon (July 30).

Crews from St Neots and Royston (Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service) were called at 4:55pm to a fire on Sponge Drove in Willingham.

Firefighters arrived to find a combine harvester on fire in standing crop.

A spokesperson from Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “Farm machinery was used to contain the fire and prevent further spread, while firefighters extinguished the fire.”

Firefighters from Cambridge and Cottenham re-inspected the incident the following day.