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Radio Leicester,3 mins

'Firenado' breaks out on Leicestershire farm

Jack Rafferty

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Fire service bosses in Leicestershire say they're dealing with an unprecedented number of calls this summer. On the first day of the four day amber heat alert in august - they took more than a hundred emergency calls. One was to a large fire at a farm in Sutton Cheney where acres of land went up in flames - and even resulted in a rare 'firenado.' Karl Anderson is the Group Manager for Leicestershire Fire and Rescue.

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