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Firefighters extinguish deliberate grass fire in Llanbradach

News | | Published: 10:39, Wednesday April 8th, 2015.
Last updated: 10:39, Wednesday April 8th, 2015

Ten firefighters tackled a large grass fire on Llanbradach mountain for two hours yesterday, April 7.

The blaze, that was started deliberately, covered an area of 400 metres by 400 metres and it took two crews to put it out.

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service were called at 3.45pm and firefighters extinguished the blaze by 6pm.

The fire service’s fire crime unit are investigating.

 

2 thoughts on “Firefighters extinguish deliberate grass fire in Llanbradach”

  1. Cllr Richard Williams says:
    Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 16:29

    Ah, the fire covered 160,000 sq. metres, I thought the initial report of 100 sq. metres was a bit small.

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  2. Cllr Richard Williams says:
    Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 16:29

    Ah, the fire covered 160,000 sq. metres, I thought the initial report of 100 sq. metres was a bit small.

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