Firefighters face busy night after series of 999 calls across Shropshire
Firefighters had a busy night putting out a series of fires involving a hedge, bins and rubbish in a town.
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They happened between 7pm yesterday and 1am today in Ludlow.
The first, which involved a bin, took place on Whitbread Road at about 7pm yesterday.
Firefighters from Ludlow used buckets of water to extinguish it.
A crew also used buckets of water to put out a bin fire on Wheeler Road shortly before 8pm.
A fire involving loose rubbish had to be extinguished using a hose reel jet at about 12.15am today on Upper Galdeford.
At about 1am today a fire involving a hedge was put out using a hose reel jet in Hucklemarsh Road.
Police were requested to attend as a precaution as at least one of the fires was classed as "doubtful origin".
