photo Burnham Area Rescue Boat Charity

Fire engine is rescued from beach

BBC Online, 18 April 2008.

A fire engine had to be towed off a beach in Somerset after it became stuck in the sand. Firefighters were called to Berrow beach - near Burnham-on-Sea - on Thursday evening after reports of a gorse fire on the sand dunes.

Three tractors were needed to pull the trapped Devon and Somerset vehicle out. Five days ago an ambulance became stuck on Burnham-on-Sea beach and on 5 April a man and two young girls were rescued from a 4x4 stuck in the mud at Brean.

Mark Newman from the Burnham Area Rescue Boat (Barb) charity said the firefighters were "simply unlucky".

"We would advise other motorists to take special care when driving along the local beaches avoiding sand and mud. It's been a very active few weeks of beach incidents for Barb's 24-hour rescue crews."