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Burnham-On-Sea firefighters tackle silage pit blaze at farmyard

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Fire crews from Burnham-On-Sea tackled a farmyard blaze on Monday afternoon (September 22nd).

Two fire appliances from Burnham and a water carrier from Bridgwater were sent to Edingworth Road in East Brent at 1.40pm after reports of a fire in a silage pit on a farm.

“The crews found a small area of a large silage pit was affected by the fire,” said a spokesman.

“Fire Service personnel, with help of the farmer, separated the affected area and extinguished the fire using two hose reel jets.”

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