Fire crews were called to two incidents near the same Nottinghamshire woodland during a 'busy evening' as temperatures neared 40C. Tuxford Fire Station were first called to a fire on the pit tip behind Sherwood energy village in Ollerton on Monday, July 18.
Then, after dealing with that fire, they were approached by a member of the public on a bike telling them there was a fire at another pit tip. This one was Ollerton pit woods off Newark Road, meaning the crews had to act quickly to get to the fire and put that one out.
They have urged members of the public to not discard cigarettes on the ground, not light camp fires and to take empty bottles away with them and place them in bins.
