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Fire fighters travel on foot to extinguish Leverington bonfire

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Andrew Papworth

Published: 9:44 AM July 8, 2010    Updated: 6:15 AM November 4, 2020

FIRE fighters had to abandon their vehicles and travel on foot to get to the scene of a bonfire.

Restricted access to the blaze meant a crew had to use an aqua pack to extinguish the flames in Church End, Leverington.

The fire had started accidentally at 6.34pm on Wednesday, July 7.

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