Fire at Meppershall farm

FIREFIGHTERS spent an hour bringing a blaze under control at a farm.

A fire engine from Shefford attended the fire at Chapel Farm in Chapel Road, Meppershall on Saturday, October 1.

Firefighters attended the blaze following a 999 call shortly after 1pm when the fire that started in a pile of rubbish spread to eight conifer trees, and then to an outbuilding.

A car and trailer that were in the outbuilding were also damaged in the fire.

By 2.15pm the fire had been put out.