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Canterbury: Firefighters deal with straw bale fires at farm in Park side, Wootton
16:56, 06 August 2018
updated: 17:10, 06 August 2018
Firefighters are at the scene of a large fire after cut and baled straw caught alight at a farm in Park Side, Wootton.
Four fire engines arrived at 2.38pm to tackle the blaze using house reel jets and beaters.
Farm machinery was used to create a fire break to stop the blaze from spreading.
Crews have surrounded the perimeter of the fire and are working with the farmer to break up the bales and extinguish the remaining flames.
Nobody was injured.
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