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Robert Harries

Tractor and trailer destroyed in intense fire on Welsh country road

A tractor and a trailer were destroyed after they burst into flames on a rural road in mid Wales.

The fire happened on a country road near the village of Cefn Coch in Powys on Thursday night.

The blaze started in a tractor that was towing a number of hay bails as it travelled on the road near Llanfair Caereinion.

The road was blocked for some time as flames filled the tractor and large parts of the trailer, with thick clouds of smoke billowing into the air.

An image captured at the scene on Thursday night shows the scale of the fire (@LlanfairFire/Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service)

A spokesman for the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: “At 8.12pm on Thursday, crews from Llanfair Caereinion and Welshpool attended a tractor fire on the C2013 road, near Cefn Coch, Welshpool.

"The fire involved a tractor and a trailer carrying hay bails and was extinguished using two hose reel jets and a thermal imaging camera.

"The tractor and trailer were then moved to an adjacent field in order to clear the road, and the fire service left the incident at 10:39pm.”

It’s understood that nobody was injured as a result of the fire.

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