Moorland blaze near Edgworth

10:29am Friday 15th March 2013 in News

Wednesday night's fire Wednesday night's fire

A MOORLAND blaze led fire crews to keep watch after it encircled land for a mile and a half.

The fire began to spread on Darwen Moor, near Edgworth, at around 7pm on Wednesday and quickly created a circle.

Crews were called to keep watch on land near to the Toby Inn Pub in Broadhead Road.

Fire crews from Darwen and Bolton stopped firefighting at 8pm, due to the lack of light available. However they remained until 11pm to ensure the blaze stayed on the moorland and did not threaten farmhouses or properties. Firefighters returned yesterday to carry out safety checks and ensure the blaze had been extinguished overnight.

Comments (2)

7:34pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Good call says...

I sat down in a burning of fire....
I sat down in a burning of fire.... Good call

1:34am Sat 16 Mar 13

N4you! says...

Good call wrote:
I sat down in a burning of fire....
welcome to hell
[quote][p][bold]Good call[/bold] wrote: I sat down in a burning of fire....[/p][/quote]welcome to hell N4you!

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