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John-Paul Clark

Six fire crews tackle huge farm blaze in the Borders as Scotland records highest temperature on record

Farm workers helped six fire crews put out a huge blaze in the Borders this afternoon.

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service officers were called out to the fire at Hadden Farm near Kelso just before 2pm this afternoon. Six appliances arrived on the scene and were assisted by farm workers to extinguish the flames.

Footage shows a huge blaze in the middle of the field. Three tractors can be seen driving around at the bottom of the blaze as farm staff help to tackle the flames.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 1.56pm on Tuesday 19 July to reports of a large fire in a field at Hadden Farm near Kelso.

“Operations control immediately mobilised six fire appliances to the location. Farm workers assisted in creating a fire break and firefighters extinguished the fire.

“Crews left the scene after ensuring the area was made safe.”

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