Emergency services called to wildfire in East Sussex village
Emergency services were called to tackle a wildfire in an East Sussex village.
Crews from East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (ESFRS) were called at 3.10pm on Monday, July 20 to reports of a wildfire at Abbots Wood in Arlington.
The fire service confirmed eight fire appliances were in attendance including crews from Hailsham, Eastbourne and Pevensey, 4x4s from Seaford and Crowborough and Uckfield's Dual Purpose Truck and Water Carrier.
In an update at 8.45pm, the ESFRS spokesperson said: “Crews have been working extremely hard and have made good progress.
“We are scaling back the incident to two fire engines and one four-by-four.
“It is likely we will stay at the scene for several more hours.”
Another update by ESFRS on Tuesday (July 21) at 6.45am said firefighters are ‘damping down multiple remaining hot spots’ using ‘flexi-packs, buckets of water and one jet.’.