Crews mobilised to tractor fire

Crews from Yate fire station were mobilised to reports of a fire.

On arrival, firefighters found one tractor well alight.

Crews used one breathing apparatus for safety and one high pressure hose reel to extinguish the fire.

The cause is thought to be accidental.

In the UK, 79,000 fires are started in grass and heathland every year. That is an average of 216 every day.