WATCH: Crews tackle huge grass fire in Warsop

James Henry Brown, a Warsop resident, shared a video of the smoke, seen from the top of Cherry Grove, Warsop, on Sunday afternoon. James said: “It was pretty big and it felt like it was getting bigger.”

A spokeswoman from Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “ We were called to a grass fire in Market Warsop at 3:35pm, Sunday August 7.”Seven fire engines attended, where approximately 50,000 square metres of grass undergrowth and hedgerows were on fire.”Crews used hose reel jets and beaters to extinguish the fire.

“We left the scene at 9pm last night.”Warsop Fire Station returned this morning at 8am for a reinspection of the area.”

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service worked alongside Warsop and Shirebrook firefighters to extinguish the grass fire.The incident follows a spate of fires in the area, amid high temperatures across Mansfield and Ashfield.