Firefighters have spent nearly two days tackling the fire, which engulfed woodland in Blidworth on Tuesday
A woman has spoken of the "terrifying" moment she was told to leave her home as firefighters tackled a huge blaze in Blidworth.
Alison Hancock began to smell smoke at her Haywood Oaks house, where she lives with her husband and three dogs, on Tuesday afternoon.Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said it would remain at the scene until at least Thursday morning.Mrs Hancock said the proximity of the fire was worrying."You could definitely tell it was a wood or grass fire and the ash was just blowing in on top of work surfaces, laptops, anything."We never dreamt that it would affect us as it did.
Yesterday, a spokesman said firefighters would remain at the scene until Thursday morning at a minimum. Mrs Hancock said: "We can't thank the fire service and the local farmers enough because they all went out to try and stop the fire from getting up the hill."I know people that just stopped what they were doing and went to help."
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