Crews battle woodland blaze in Shootash

*UPDATE – 10:00 (4 Aug)*

A few crews have returned to the scene of the woodland fire this morning after a number of flare ups were reported.

*UPDATE – 22:00*

A separate fire broke out at a neighbouring waste management site at around half six yesterday evening.

Approximately five hectares of grassland was destroyed in the blaze which was stopped by around 35 firefighters using hose reel jets and beaters.

Crews returned to station at 10pm.

*UPDATE – 17:00*

Our teams have worked hard throughout the day to surround the fire, and are now dampening down the area.

Further crews have arrived to take over from the firefighters who were first on the scene this morning.

Our presence in the area is set to be scaled down, with four fire engines to remain this evening.

Firefighters are tackling a large fire involving trees and shrubland off of Salisbury Road in Shootash.

We were alerted shortly before nine o’clock this morning, when fire engines, off-road vehicles, water carriers and command units were mobilised to the scene.

There are around forty firefighters in attendance working across difficult terrain to extinguish the fire approximately affecting a 200m by 100m area of land.

We ask that you avoid the area to allow access for fire service vehicles.