TWENTY firefighters were tackling a large blaze at the site of the former Prickly Ball Farm Hedgehog Hospital outside Newton Abbot this afternoon. (July 10)

A fleet of pumps raced to the scene on the Denbury Road at Ogwell after the alarm was raised just before 2pm.

Four pumps were in attendance at the scene where a fire spokesman confirmed a large agricultural shed was well alight.

A spokesman said it was too early to say what the likely cause of the blaze was.

The fire was said to be under control within half-an-hour.

The location has been the scene of hedge-trimming work over the last few days.