A
series of photos taken at Yew Tree Farm Saintbury on 28th July 1977
When the Broadway brigade arrived on the scene smoke was issuing from
inside the barn. The cause of the fire was probably spontaneous combustion.
Above: A lorry is backed in to retrive some of the contents of the barn.
Above: At this time crew members were inside removing bales by hand in order to reach the seat of the fire. They were ordered out of the barn when it became too dangerous to continue because of the heat and smoke.
Below: Shortly afterwards the contents of the barn was burning from end to end.
Below:
At this stage all that was possible was to try to minimise the damage
to the building by cooling the exterior.
Fire
crew L-R: Roy Ingles, Les Barnet, Pat Malin.
