Firefighters Tackling Large Fire in Llangollen

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service tackled a fire in Llangollen late into yesterday evening.

Update Thursday morning: Llangollen fire have tweeted this update…

19:32 last night we got called to a small fire in the open. It turned out to be not so small. All crews work together to extinguish the fire

— Llangollen Fire (@Llangollenfire) March 16, 2017

Crews are patrolling the area this morning checking for any hotspots left. Thank you to the public for your patience on the road block👍🚒🔥

— Llangollen Fire (@Llangollenfire) March 16, 2017

Update: The fire has been contained and believe to be nearly out, one fire crew remains on scene.

Update: The Fire and Rescue Service say 20,000 square metres of land is estimated to have been alight.

Fire crews were called to the fire on Llangollen Panorama at 7:35pm.

One crew from Llangollen and two from Wrexham are currently at the scene, with involves 1000sq metres of heather.

Thanks to @aled_edwards96 for this video of the fire service attending the Llangollen fire this evening pic.twitter.com/qmjzyZGaKY

— Wrexham.com (@wrexham) March 15, 2017

Aled, who sent us the above and below videos said he thinks several fire engines are now attending the incident, with the second video showing two areas alight.

Second clip from Aled on the fire in Llangollen tonight pic.twitter.com/YlFWdJpDVD

— Wrexham.com (@wrexham) March 15, 2017

Picture tweeted to Wrexham.com by Ceri

Jim Martin, who sent us the above picture, told Wrexham.com that ‘blue lights’ can now be seen from the valley.

Thanks to Kev Corbett for the top picture of the fire.

Kelly sent us the below picture saying: “Fire crews from all over are trying to tackle the blaze and stop it from spreading”

More information when we have it