Neighbours in Bulwell describe 'massive ball of fire' as crews called out to major incident

A neighbour smelt smoke, opened their front door and described seeing what appeared to be 'a massive ball of fire heading towards my house'. It came as crews were called to a large grass fire in Hoewood Road, in Bulwell.

The incident on Sunday evening (August 7) involved 9,000 square metres of grass. Firefighters from the Stapleford, Stockhill and Ashfield fire stations were called to the scene.

On Sunday, one local resident said: “I could smell smoke and heard people shouting, I opened the front door and saw what looked like a massive ball of fire heading towards my house.”