Residents were advised to keep their windows closed during a huge hay blaze in Marston Bigot yesterday (June 29) evening.

An accidental blaze involved 150 tonnes of hay alight in a barn.

Three fire appliances from Frome, Warminster and Shepton Mallet, along with a water carrier from Yeovil were immediately mobilised by Fire Control.

On arrival, the Incident Commander confirmed that one hay barn containing approximately 150 tonnes of hay was well alight and quickly got crews to work with hose reel jets to prevent the fire from spreading to adjacent buildings and machinery.

A further three fire appliances and a water carrier were requested as the incident was sectorised. These came from Bridgwater, Westbury, Shepton Mallet and Trowbridge along with a Command Support Unit from Street and an Incident Support unit from Martock.

The incident, which started accidentally, was brought under control using main jets and water carriers. Approximately 150 tonnes of hay was completely destroyed by the fire.