POLICE are investigating a fire in which about 1,800 wooden potato boxes were burned.

The blaze happened on a disused part of Shobdon Airfield at around midnight last night.

Arson is suspected.

Fire crews from Leominster and Kingsland spent much of the night tackling the blaze, which was well alight on arrival.

Temperatures at the centre of the fire are believed to have hit around 800C.

If you have any information call police on 101 quoting incident 0006S-020719.

Video by Kingsland Fire Station.