Firefighters tackled a blaze which erupted in an industrial farm near Reading for more than 16 hours.

Crews from all over Berkshire rushed to Green Farm, Theale Road, Burghfield, after the fire ripped through a barn, three cars and a van at 5.08pm on Monday.

Pictures show the shell of part of the barn and caravan after the fire was finally extinguished.

Picture taken by Nick Moxley

Residents were warned to keep their windows and doors shut, as smoke billowed across the M4 at heights seen from Reading town centre.

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Eight fire engines, including three 4x4s and a water carrier, from Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service blasted the fire with six jets, four high-pressure hoses and a high volume pump.

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Surrounding barns and fields, some containing animals, were protected thanks to the efforts of firefighters from Caversham Road, Wokingham Road, Newbury, Hungerford, Mortimer, Ascot, Whitley Wood, Wokingham, Theale and Oxfordshire County Council Fire and Rescue Service.

The fire follows the busiest day for the service since records began.

House fires and wildfires were among dozens of incidents stretching the fire brigade's resources across the county during the hottest week of the year so far (July 18).

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