Dramatic pictures catch harvester on fire in 4am blaze
Dramatic pictures show a harvester on fire in Wilburton. - Credit: Facebook/Cottenham Community Fire and Rescue Station
Dramatic pictures captured a harvester which caught fire in a Cambridgeshire village today.
Photographs from Cottenham Fire Station show the fire developing in a field in Twenty Pence Road, Wilburton this morning (Friday) as fire crews tried to extinguish it.
Firefighters from Cottenham, Sutton and Chatteris were called to the blaze at around 4am.
A spokesperson for Cottenham Fire Station said: “We had an early morning wake-up call today.
Dramatic pictures show a harvester on fire in Wilburton. - Credit: Facebook/Cottenham Community Fire and Rescue Station
“At 4am, we were called to a fire in Wilburton where crews arrived to find a forage harvester well alight.
“Using breathing apparatus, hose reels, a foam jet and multiple tanks of water, the crews got the fire under control.”
Dramatic pictures show a harvester on fire in Wilburton. - Credit: Facebook/Cottenham Community Fire and Rescue Station
Nobody was hurt from the fire and Cottenham firefighters said the cause was accidental, but the harvester was unable to be saved.
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The blaze marked a busy period for Cottenham Fire Station, which has received eight calls in three days.
Dramatic pictures show a harvester on fire in Wilburton. - Credit: Facebook/Cottenham Community Fire and Rescue Station
Dramatic pictures show a harvester on fire in Wilburton. - Credit: Facebook/Cottenham Community Fire and Rescue Station
