Firefighters respond to car blaze near fire at Sandwell nature reserve
Fire crews were sent to the scene of a car fire in Tower Road, Oldbury.
Fire crews responded to a car blaze near to another fire at Sandwell nature reserve on Wednesday (July 29).
West Midlands Fire Service said it had sent six engines to the blaze on Portway Hill in Oldbury, which is part of the Rowley Hills.
It confirmed on Thursday that crews had also responded to a car fire nearby the incident on Tower Road.
A West Midlands Fire Service spokesman said: “Shortly before 4pm on Wednesday, we responded to Tower Road, at the junction of St Brades Close, Oldbury.
“A 4x4 brigade response vehicle from Wolverhampton attended, arriving to find a car fire on the road.
“The fire was safely extinguished, and we left this incident at 4.38pm.”
It is not yet clear whether the incidents are connected.
The grassland fire in Oldbury was one of many in the region on Wednesday.
West Midlands Fire Service said its control team took nearly 800 calls on Wednesday.
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