{"id":308852,"date":"2025-08-01T09:11:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T09:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/308852\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T09:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T09:11:17","slug":"fire-crews-use-water-jets-to-tackle-barn-fire-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/308852\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire crews use water jets to tackle barn fire in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agriland.co.uk\/farming-news\/author\/stella\/\" data-category=\"Author Top\" data-action=\"click\" data-label=\"Stella Meehan\" itemprop=\"url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stella Meehan Profile Picture \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Stella3-250x250.jpg\" class=\"avatar avatar-64 photo\" height=\"64\" width=\"64\"\/>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cwmifor-Barn-Fire-02-1246x720.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"col-12 no-gutters ag-no-padding\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cwmifor-Barn-Fire-02-1246x720.jpg\" alt=\"Fire crews use water jets to tackle barn fire in Wales\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Barn fire in Wales. Image source: Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service                    <\/p>\n<p>Fire crews in Wales used water jets to bring a barn fire involving bales under control earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>At 7:17a.m on Monday, July 28, the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service crews from Ammanford, Carmarthen, Port Talbot and Lampeter Fire Stations were called to an incident in Cwmifor in Llandeilo.<\/p>\n<p>Crews responded to a fire involving one barn and several hay bales that were alight on their arrival.<\/p>\n<p>The bales were removed from the barn using farm machinery and spread out for crews to extinguish the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Crews utilised four hose reel jets, two main jets, two thermal imaging cameras and small gear to extinguish the fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/cdn.agriland.co.uk\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cwmifor-Barn-Fire-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cwmifor-Barn-Fire-01-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-410825\"  \/><\/a>Image source: Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service<\/p>\n<p>Crews left the scene at 11:34a.m, with the crew from Ammanford Fire Station revisiting the address at around 4:00p.m to monitor and dampen down any remaining hotspots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Free bale temperature testing<\/p>\n<p>Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service has said it offers free temperature and moisture content tests for bales, as well as a variety of other ways to keep you and your farm safe from fire.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the readings they receive, fire crews will then work with farmers to formulate a plan to manage the risk of spontaneous combustion.<\/p>\n<p>To book a free bale temperature testing visit, farmers are urged to contact the fire service farm liaison officer. <strong>If the bales are smouldering or on fire, the advice is to call 999.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barn fire in Wales. 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