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Farmers help firefighters tackle hay blaze in field

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service Large fire on a farm, there is a yellow tractor and lots of smoke in the photoEssex County Fire and Rescue Service
Farmers were thanked for using machinery to help stop the flames spreading

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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