FIREFIGHTERS from across North Worcestershire had a busy evening tackling outdoor fires.

Crews from Stourport and Bewdley were called to deal with a hedgerow fire in Marlborough Drive in Stourport shortly after 5.30pm yesterday (Friday, July 31).

Later in the evening, at around 10.55pm, Redditch firefighters were called to put out a fire involving conifers and fence panels in Backstitch Lane.

And a crew from Bromsgrove attended a small fire in the open on Byron Way in Catshill at 11.26pm.