FIREFIGHTERS tackled a barn fire for almost four hours yesterday (August 8).

At 3:52 on August 8, five fire engines from Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service attended the incident at Hale, near Milnthorpe, which involved a barn at a domestic property.

Firefighters used two hose reel jets, two breathing apparatus and foam to extinguish the fire.

Crews were in attendance for three hours and forty minutes.