Farmers help firefighters tackle hay blaze in field
Farmers were thanked for using machinery to help stop the flames spreading
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Firefighters were called to a blaze involving six hay bales in a field.
Crews found them engulfed in flames in a stubble field on Dudbrook Road in Kelvedon Hatch, near Brentwood at about 19:00 BST on Wednesday.
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said it was able to quickly get the incident under control.
Crew manager Dan Hockley added: "A big thank you to the farmers, as their work to aerate the bales helped them burn quicker and stopped the fire spreading."
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