A FIRE grew to the size of 500m by 100m in a field on Thursday evening.
One crew was sent to the site at around 5.45pm on Manchester Road in Leigh near Bedford High School where they used firebeaters to extinguish the blaze.
Firefighters were on the scene for around 40 minutes.
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