West Midlands park thanks local crew for putting out 'small fires'
"These small fires could have very quickly become quite serious”
Firefighters flocked to an area of woodland near Boldmere Gate in Sutton Park to put out a series of small fires on Wednesday.
In a message of appreciation Sutton Park NNR (the official Facebook page of the park) thanked crews from the Oldbury Fire station for dealing with the fires.
The park said that there was concern that these fires could have gotten potentially “quite serious”.
The full Facebook post by Sutton NNR read:
"A massive thank you to the West Midlands Fire Service crew from Oldbury Fire station who very quickly dealt with a series of small fires within an area of woodland close to Boldmere Gate.
"These small fires could have very quickly become quite serious with a potential to threaten a number of neighbouring properties and so a huge debt of thanks is owed not only to this specific crew but to all of the crews who have been working around the clock to limit the damage to our parks and green spaces by such incidents."
Lots of people who live close to the area commented on the Facebook post.
One user said: “That explains the smoke smell near town gate. Hopefully all safe now.”