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Essex Firemen Have Received Nearly 3 Times As Many Calls As Usual Due To Farmers Burning Off Their Fields

1983

Cat no. 37684

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Is stubble burning a hazard or a safety precaution in the countryside?

Fire fighters hose down the remains of a barn fire at Little Yeldham in Essex, throwing down the remains of the thatching to expose the rafters. Views across burnt fields. The title of this news story and the Anglia TV metadata suggests that the source of the fire was the burning field. Interviewee John Gardiner sees it differently saying that if stubble burning were banned as some have suggested, a fire like this could have spread as far as Sudbury seven miles away in the absence of any fire breaks until the River Stour. He advocates intensive stubble burning following the National Farmers Union code as a safety precaution in rural areas. Scene of fire engine attending a blazing field. Chief Fire Officer for Essex, Roger Paramor, says the countryside is particularly dry and a fire can easily be started with a cigarette or match. There have been serious fires in recent days and the outcome for people and their homes in distressing for the fire brigade. The reporter was Marcus Powell for this video made to be shown in a news story on Anglia Television early evening news / magazine programme About Anglia.

Keywords

Straw burning; Stubble burning; Fires; Farming; Fire brigades; Fire hazards

Place

Little Yeldham (Essex)

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Essex Firemen Have Received Nearly 3 Times As Many Calls As Usual Due To Farmers Burning Off Their Fields

  • Category: Non-fiction

  • Work Type: Television

  • Description Type: monographic

  • Related to: Anglia news

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