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Hay bales set on fire three times in one night

Shefford Fire Station Firefighters stand in front of a group of hay bales on fire. There is white smoke rising into the black night sky.Shefford Fire Station
Firefighters worked to contain three fires in one night in Henlow

Firefighters called to the same field three times in one night say hay bales were deliberately set on fire.

Shefford Community Fire station in Bedfordshire attended a field in Henlow at 01:41 BST on Wednesday for a second time, after 10 hay bales had earlier been set alight, it said in a social media post.

Crews had extinguished a third fire by 05:21 involving three more bales.

Police have been informed, the fire service said.

The fire service said three hay bales had been set alight in the original fire and apologised to locals for the smoke in the area.

Shefford Fire Station White smoke rising into the air and across a straw field in the night. It is coming from a stack of hay that is glowing red and orange with orange flames. Two firefighters are crouched in front of it and a third is walking across the field. Blue flashing lights from a fire engine can be seen through the smoke.Shefford Fire Station
Shefford crews say the fires were started deliberately

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