Barn bursts into flames in West Sussex village
By Sam Morton
Published 2nd Dec 2025, 12:26 GMT
Multiple fire engines rushed to a village in the Chichester district over the weekend.
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was alerted – at 8.35pm on Saturday (November 29) – to ‘reports of a barn fire’ on Stubcroft Lane in East Wittering.
“Joint Fire Control mobilised four fire engines to the scene,” a fire service statement read.
“Upon arrival crews were faced with a barn well alight.
"Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used high pressure hose reels to extinguish the fire.”
Crews ‘carried out a reinspection’ on Sunday morning (November 30). This was to ‘ensure there were no further signs of fire’.
They had left the scene by 7.40am.