10 fire engines battling moorland fire in Slaithwaite

Specialist wildfire units are also in attendance

Author: Hannah NorburyPublished 9th Mar 2022

10 fire engines from across West Yorkshire are currently battling a moorland fire in Slaithwaite.

Specialist wildfire units are also in attendance.

Fire crews from Slaithwaite, Holmirth, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Meltham, Halifax, Skelmanthorpe, Illingworth, Mirfield, Featherstone, Morley, Odsal and Dewsbury are tackling the blaze.

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