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Nearly 30 firefighters tackle Black Country park blaze as hot and dry weather continues

Nearly 30 firefighters quickly extinguished a fire which broke out on parkland

[Millfields Pool, Canterbury Road, West Bromwich, after a blaze]

Millfields Pool, Canterbury Road, West Bromwich, after a blaze

Nearly 30 firefighters battled a blaze at a Black Country beauty spot.

Eight crews were dispatched to Millfields Pool, off Canterbury Road, West Bromwich, after flames swept through grassland on Sunday afternoon.

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It was quickly extinguished, leaving acres of burnt-out scrub behind.

No one was said to have been hurt in the incident.

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WMFS said: "We have eight crews in attendance at Millfields Pool, Canterbury Road, West Bromwich, where they have responded to a fire in the open. "As a precaution, if you live or work nearby, please keep doors and windows closed. "Avoid the area, where possible."

The fire was one of many incidents for the service this weekend as weeks of drought like conditions have turned open spaces into a tinderbox.

Another fire was also reported on Babbs Mill Fields near Swan Drive and Lark Meadow Drive in Kingshurst on Sunday.

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