Fire service issues update after crews tackle large grass fire in Staffordshire
Firefighters were called to Cherry Tree Road in Rugeley on Saturday evening.
Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service have issued an update after crews tackled a large grass fire in Staffordshire at the weekend.
Firefighters were called to Cherry Tree Road in Rugeley on Saturday evening and found gorseland measuring approximately 40 metres by 50 metres well alight.
The fire service has now confirmed the blaze was deliberate.
A Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service spokesman said: “We were called at 7.15pm on Saturday (13 June) to Cherry Tree Road in Rugeley, following reports of a fire.
“Three appliances attended the scene and found an area of gorseland measuring approximately 40 metres by 50 metres well alight.
“Crews used an extended hose reel jet and a wildfire hose to extinguish the fire, and nobody was reported injured.
“The cause was deemed to be deliberate, and crews left the scene just after 9pm.”
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