Major fire: Nine fire appliances spent ten hours tackling wildfire blaze that spread across Doncaster last night

A crew from Adwick Station were originally called to a grassland fire at Skellow Road in Carcroft at 1.40pm yesterday afternoon.

The fire escalated quickly spreading to nearby gardens. Eventually nine fire engines attended the grassland/wildfire.

The Highways Agency had to close many roads.

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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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