Firefighters tackled a large grass fire in North Herefordshire last night.
Crews from Leominster, Peterchurch, Kingsland, Leintwardine, and Presteigne fire stations were called to the incident at just after 6pm near Lyonshall.
The fire involved around 3 hectares of stubble plus bales on fire along with a huge pile of timber and tree stumps.
Firefighters were on scene for around three hours.
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