A FIRE crew remains at the scene of a barn fire after dozens of firefighters tackled the blaze last night.

The fire service sent multiple crews to the fire in Throop Road, Bournemouth, shortly after 7.10pm last night, April 22.

Around 35 firefighters from Redhill Park, Springbourne, Christchurch, Sherbourne and Westbourne were called to the scene.

The fire involved a 20m x 10m wooden barn contained wood and hay.

Three main jets were used to extinguish the fire with the stop coming at 10.36pm.

A spokesperson for the fire service said this morning: “We still have one crew on scene damping down, the stop was at 10.36pm last night and we had a watching brief throughout the night.”

The service said on social media that Green Watch from Redhill Park are at the scene, along with representatives from Scottish and Southern Electric.