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Watch: Firefighters put out blaze on 'fully destroyed' combine harvester

A combine harvester caught fire on Monday leading a fire crew having to tackle the blaze.

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The fire in Hampton, Worthen near Shrewsbury saw firefighters from Church Stretton used breathing apparatus to tackle the blaze.

The fire, which broke out around 6pm, was fully extinguished by 7.20pm, the fire service said.

A spokesperson added that the combine harvester was "fully destroyed by fire".

Posting on Facebook, a representative of Church Stretton Fire Station said: "Busy evening for us here at Church Stretton, out first to a field fire along with Minsterley station, then we get called straight from there onto a combine harvester on fire."

A video shows firefighters dousing down the farm vehicle which still had large amounts of smoke pouring out of it.

The Church Stretton crew attended the blaze after being called to a field fire at 4.41pm.

Joining a crew from Minsterley, firefighters used beats, a hosereel jet and knapsacks to extinguish the flames, standing down at 5.59pm.