FIREFIGHTERS have put out an agricultural baler on fire in a field in Stockleigh English.

Crews from Crediton and Witheridge were sent to the scene just after 11pm on Wednesday, July 9.

“The farmer was able to move the baler from a field of straw to a field of grass to prevent the fire escalating,” a spokesperson for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said.

“Crews put the fire out using two hose reel jets and one thermal imaging camera.”

The cause of the blaze was accidental, and the baler was moderately damaged.