FIREFIGHTERS dealt with a major barn fire near Bridport on Saturday (September 5).

Crews were called to the scene at around 12.26pm.

South West Farmer:

Picture: Beaminster Fire Station

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A total of seven crews - five pump crews and two water carrier crews - worked to extinguish the fire involving straw inside a single storey barn in Combe Drain, Fishpond near Bridport.

Firefighters from Charmouth, Bridport, Lyme Regis, Beaminster, Axminster, Chard and Yeovil attended and used two hose reel jets and two main lines to extinguish the fire.

South West Farmer:

Picture: Beaminster Fire Station