Six hundred tonnes of straw caught light, resulting in Copperage Road being closed at the B4494 at Farnborough Village yesterday.

Traffic was affected between Farnborough and West Ilsley due to the blaze, which began in the early hours of Tuesday.

Fields next to the A40 between Burford and Minster Lovell were also blackened by a recent fire, one passerby spotted.

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