Firefighters called to nature reserve

Firefighters have been called out to deal with a major fire at a nature reserve in Northamptonshire.

A Northamptonshire Fire Service spokesman said that about 55 firefighters went to the incident near Holcot, which is north of Northampton.

The fire broke out at about 1840 BST on Friday.

At its height, scrubland, hedges and logging in an area 150 metres by 150 metres had caught light.

A fire service spokeswoman that firefighters were still at the scene on Saturday morning.

She said at present officers had not established the cause of the fire.