Major fire: Nine fire appliances spent ten hours tackling wildfire blaze that spread across Doncaster last night
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The fire escalated quickly spreading to nearby gardens. Eventually nine fire engines attended the grassland/wildfire.
The Highways Agency had to close many roads.
A fire service spokesman said this morning: “We came away around 11pm last night, however we have been out a few times since to keep checking on it and making sure it doesn’t reignite.”
As yet, the cause of the fire is unknown.
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