Fire fighters deal with Mortehoe gorse blaze

Published: 12:58 PM July 2, 2009 Updated: 3:59 PM November 7, 2020

A gorse fire at Morte Point was tackled by retained fire fighters from Woolacombe just after midnight this morning (Thursday.) A 25 by 75 metre swath of the National Trust land at Mortehoe was alight when they arrived and the crew used a hose reel plus be

A gorse fire at Morte Point was tackled by retained fire fighters from Woolacombe just after midnight this morning (Thursday.)

A 25 by 75 metre swath of the National Trust land at Mortehoe was alight when they arrived and the crew used a hose reel plus beaters to extinguish the blaze.

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