Firefighters tackle large barn fire near Ludlow
Firefighters today tackled a large barn fire at Greete near Ludlow in south Shropshire.
The alarm was raised at just before 5am this morning when the fire was discovered.
The fire involved around 800 tonnes of hay and straw in a building around 50m x 20m in size.
Firefighters from Tenbury, Bridgnorth, Craven Arms, Ludlow, Cleobury Mortimer Shrewsbury, Leominster and Tweedale all attended.
To assist with tackling the fire the contents of the barn were dragged out by a farmer using a tractor.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue crews were expected to remain at the scene for most of today damping down at the scene.
