Two tractors catch fire in an hour in region

Two tractors caught fire within an hour in Devon and Somerset yesterday (Thursday) as the heatwave continues.

At 5.10pm the fire service was alerted to a tractor reported to be well alight in a field in Hardington Mandeville.

Two fire engines from Yeovil and Sherborne and a water bowser from Yeovil were mobilised.

The crews got to work using a hose reel jet and a foam jet to extinguish the fire.

They then used a thermal imagine camera to check the surrounding area.

The tractor was 90 per cent damaged by fire and smoke.