Marsden Moor: Fire crews tackle moorland blaze

Fire crews are tackling a ample blaze connected Marsden Moor successful West Yorkshire.

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (WYFRS) said crews were dealing with an ongoing incidental successful the Pule Hill country of the moor.

Crews from Slaithwaite and Meltham were successful attendance, a spokesperson for the occurrence work said.

The nationalist is advised to enactment distant from the area, they added. According to the National Trust, the occurrence was being fanned by beardown winds.

Rangers were moving with the occurrence work successful gaining entree to the ground, a spokesperson said.

Marsden Moor is simply a Site of Special Scientific Interest celebrated for its uncommon ground-nesting birds and broad peat bogs.

A occurrence successful the aforesaid country past twelvemonth prompted a reminder that fires, barbecues and fireworks were banned connected the moor.