Crews return to scene of nature reserve fire close to Peterborough after more than 40 firefighters tackle blaze on Monday evening
Firefighters have returned to the scene of a blaze at a nature reserve close to Peterborough on Tuesday morning (July 28).
At just after 3:20pm on Monday, crews were called to Holme Fen in Holme to a well-developed fire in a wooded area.
More than 40 firefighters, including crews from Stanground, Chatteris, Dogsthorpe, Whittlesey, Huntingdon, Thorney and Manea, along with a specialist 4x4 vehicle from Thorney, the water carrier from Ramsey and a crew from Oundle in Northamptonshire, attended the incident.
Using beaters to extinguish the fire and working in sectors, crews managed to scale back the blaze as of 10pm on Monday evening.
Crews returned to the scene on Tuesday morning checking for hotspots.
The fire is deep seated in peat so is expected to take some time to fully extinguish.
Firefighters are expected to remain on the scene throughout the day.