Two young farm workers have been hailed as heroes after they put their lives and machinery at risk to stop a wildfire spreading to a housing estate.
Jay Loft, 22, and Cameron Bartram, 19, reacted quickly when a blaze spread over 750 yards across wheat fields in the Woodthorpe area of York on Sunday afternoon.
The duo had been working at a nearby site when they were called about the fire – and with landowner Russell Wagstaff 45 minutes away, they sprang into action.
As the blaze headed towards homes, Mr Loft and Mr Bartram jumped into tractors and disced the fields to
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