Firefighters rush to blaze involving fly-tipped waste near Harper Adams University
Fire crews rushed to a road near Harper Adams University after fly-tipped waste was alight.
By Luke Powell
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The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service received a call shortly before 9.30pm on Monday reporting the fire in the open on the B5062 in Newport.
One fire crew was sent from Newport Fire Station to the scene that the fire service said was near Harper Adams University.
Fire crews used hose reel jets, rakes, shovels, mattocks and a thermal imaging camera to tackle the fire.
Approximately two metres squared of fly-tipped waste was alight.
Firefighters checked the area for remaining hot spots.
The incident concluded at 9.51pm.
