Telehandler fire in Chivelstone in Devon

A quick-thinking Devon farmer buried his telehandler in soil after it caught fire to prevent the flames spreading to the field.

However, the soil insulated the heat and so risked the fire reigniting.

At 5.33pm on August 3, the farmer called the fire service to report that his telehandler had caught fire in a cornfield in Chivelstone.

Two fire engines from Kingsbridge and Salcombe were mobilised, along with the water bowser from Plympton.