Fire Rips through Six hectares of Woodland on Yateley Common

Surrounding roads have been closed as firefighters battle a fire, which has destroyed around six hectares of woodland in Yateley this afternoon. Crews from Yateley,Rushmoor and Hartley Wintney have spent most of the afternoon at the fire that has rapidly spread [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000K4dWbUui1oU” g_name=”Yateley-Common” width=”600″ f_fullscreen=”t” bgtrans=”t” pho_credit=”iptc” twoup=”f” f_bbar=”t” f_bbarbig=”f” fsvis=”f” f_show_caption=”t” crop=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”t” f_htmllinks=”t” f_l=”t” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_show_slidenum=”t” f_topbar=”f” f_show_watermark=”t” img_title=”casc” linkdest=”c” trans=”xfade” target=”_self” tbs=”5000″ f_link=”t” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”t” f_ap=”t” f_up=”f” height=”400″ btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCC” ] Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service where alerted to the blaze at 3.33pm this afternoon Four fire engines and one land rover were sent tackle the fire. Nearly six hectares of woodland and heath has been destroyed. Water and access has been a big issue in tackling the blaze. https:///youtu.be/3u-6cQ0GJIA