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Fire crew responds to reports of 'multiple' hedges on fire near Market Drayton

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has attended a fire in the open involving multiple hedges.

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Emergency services rushed to the scene of Childs Ercall, near Market Drayton, at around 5.33pm today to reports of a fire in the open. 

On arrival, fire service personnel discovered a number of bushes that were alight.

A Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Fire In Open.

"1 fire appliance was mobilised from Hodnet. Reports of multiple hedges on fire."

Fire service personnel were still on the scene as of 6.28pm.

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