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Fire crews tackle JCB fire at farm

Fri, 17 Nov 2017


Fire crews had to tackle a blaze at a fire in the north of the Island that threatened to spread to nearby barns.

The fire when a JCB telehandler caught fire shortly after midday yesterday.

The farmer managed to release cattle from the barn to a place of safety, before firefighters tackled the flames.

It's thought the fire was started by a mechanical fault.


 

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