Tractor fire in field extinguished by crews

Two firefighters spray liquid onto a blazing tractor in a field. The smoke billows and flames emanate from the lower side of the tractor.Image source, Launceston Community Fire Station
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The tractor was well alight when crews arrived at the scene

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Firefighters have put out a blaze that engulfed a tractor in Devon.

Crews from Launceston and Holsworthy were called to a fire near the edge of a field near St Giles on the Heath at about 17:10 BST on Monday, Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said.

Firefighters said the tractor was well alight when crews arrived and the blaze was brought under control a short time later.

Nobody was injured but the tractor was destroyed.

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