A TRACTOR fire on the A41 cause the closure of the road for some time on Saturday morning.

At around 7.15am at Rosehill, firefighters from Prees, Hodnet and Market Drayton were called to a tractor on fire.

Around 40 metres of hedgerow, were destroyed in the fire, as well as the tractor and its trailer.

Fire crews used breathing apparatus, high pressure hose reel jets and foam to extinguish the fire.

The crews were on the scene for around two hours.