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Combine harvester bursts into flames creating huge smoke plume

byDaniel Jae Webb
6 August 2025 • 7.40pm
Combine harvester bursts into flames creating huge smoke plume

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A combine harvester fire has created a huge smoke plume over Wiltshire.

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The sizeable farming vehicle burst into flames in the village of Aldbourne, near Marlborough, at around 3.15pm this afternoon (Wednesday).

Three fire engines, from Swindon, Stratton and Marlborough, were sent to the incident.

A water carrier from Gloucestershire were also mobilised to assist at the scene.

“On arrival crews found one vehicle alight and an area of crop also on fire”, a spokesperson for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said.

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The huge plume of black smoke could be seen for miles around.


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