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    Large area on Dartmoor destroyed by fire

    CREDIT: NPAS Exeter

    Around a hundred firefighters have put out a major blaze on Dartmoor.


    Ten square kilometres of heathland at Watern Tor near Okehampton has been destroyed by the fire, which was tackled by crews from across Devon, including Crediton, Exeter, Chagford, Bovey Tracey and Moretonhampstead.

    At one stage the front of the fire was two kilometres long.

    Firefighters used beaters to put the flames out.

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