Saturday, March 21, 2026

Priddy Fire

Huge grass fire in Somerset village devastates woodland

 A huge grass fire devastated over 400m of woodland in a Somerset village on Friday night.

Devon and Somerset Police were called to Stock Hill Woods in Priddy at 5.30pm where three to four-hundred metres of grassland was set ablaze.

Crews from Castle Cary Fire Station attended the incident using beaters and water jets from a local source to put out the fire.