Warning after bonfire embers spark countryside blaze

Firefighters put out a countryside blaze caused by embers blowing from a bonfire.

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Crews had to used thousands of litres of water. Pictures: Tenbury Fire Station

The blaze happened in the Menith Woods, near Cleobury Mortimer, at around 7.30pm on Saturday.

Crews said they used 6,000 litres of water to put out the blaze and have urged people not to have open fires at the moment due to the dry conditions.

A Tenbury Fire Station spokesman said: "At 7.33pm, we were mobilised to a report of a fire in open involving trees and hedgerow in the Menith Woods area.

Photo: Tenbury Fire Station