Driver escapes farm vehicle fire unhurt
The vehicle was destroyed, the fire service said
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A driver escaped unharmed from a burning farming vehicle, which was destroyed by a blaze, the fire service confirmed.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (DSFRS) responded on Friday afternoon to a report of a telehandler - a crane-like vehicle - "well alight with the surrounding grass also alight".
Firefighters in breathing apparatus used hose reels to extinguish the flames at Exton in Dulverton.
Bampton Fire Station said: "Unfortunately the vehicle was completely destroyed but thankfully the driver escaped unharmed."
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