UPDATE: Picture from Coombes barn fire

A BARN was severely damaged during a large fire today (Wednesday, September 28).

Firefighters were called to a large barn fire at Church Farm, Coombes, near Lancing, when straw overheated.

The fire is believed to have started at about 1.30pm inside 40 tonnes of baled straw, after one of the stacks ignited.

This picture was taken at the scene by Herald photographer Gerald Thompson.

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