St Davids: Roads reopen after large corn fields fire put out

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Four crews from across Pembrokeshire tackled the large blaze which affected five corn fields

About 30 firefighters tackled a blaze which spread across five corn fields on Saturday.

Emergency services were called to the scene near Whitesands, in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, at 13:30 BST.

Mid and West Wales fire service said at 20:00 BST they had damped down and the fire was now out.

Roads in the area had been closed for a time and people had been advised to avoid the area, but Dyfed-Powys Police said they had now reopened.

The fire service said the blaze had affected six hectares of land, including an outbuilding containing cylinders.

Five crews used 10 hose reel jets and beaters to put out the fire.

St Davids Cathedral tweeted that the fire had broken out "on the old pilgrim's trail into the valley on the north side".

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