Firefighters from across Central Beds douse blazing field in Totternhoe
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Crews from Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Luton, Sandy, and Toddington descended upon Green Lane to tackle the blaze, which covered an area of 500m x 400m.
Farm machinery was even used to douse the inferno.
A Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "We were called out on Friday, August 5, at 3.56pm to a large field fire on Green Lane, Totternhoe.
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Hide Ad"The fire involved stubble and unbaled straw measuring about 500m x 400m.
"There were appliances from Dunstable and Luton, a rural water tender from Toddington, a multi role vehicle from Sandy, and the Incident Command Unit from Leighton Buzzard.
"Crews extinguished the fire using one hose reel, high pressure lance, beaters and farm machinery."