Driver escapes farm vehicle fire unhurt

Image source, Bampton Fire Station

Image caption, The vehicle was destroyed, the fire service said

A driver escaped unharmed from a burning farming vehicle, which was destroyed by a blaze, the fire service confirmed.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (DSFRS) responded on Friday afternoon to a report of a telehandler - a crane-like vehicle - "well alight with the surrounding grass also alight".

Firefighters in breathing apparatus used hose reels to extinguish the flames at Exton in Dulverton.

Bampton Fire Station said: "Unfortunately the vehicle was completely destroyed but thankfully the driver escaped unharmed."

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