THIS heartwarming photograph shows a farmer’s son handing a firefighter a bottle of water as a blaze tore through a field of wheat near Crondall.

Thoughtful Edward Harrison-Butler, six, was eager to supply emergency services with water who rushed to extinguish a fire at his family’s farm on Thursday last week.

Edward and brother Rupert, were getting ready for their evening bath when their dad called to say a fire had broken out at around 6pm. The children pestered mum Izzy, 35, to drive them to a shop to pick up provisions for those at the scene of the arable farm which is worked by their father and his cousin.

Izzy said: “There’s nothing like a field fire to get the excitement going. It wasn’t an entire field but a good chunk - luckily no-one was hurt and no machinery was damaged.

“It’s just the dry, hot weather - sometimes a spark from machinery can start a fire. It doesn’t take long to ignite.”

Izzy continued that after hearing news of the fire, “the boys said ‘can we go, can we go, we need to take water’.”

She added: “The farm hands were standing around chatting with the firefighters so we knew it was safe to go.

“The boys went to give the water to the fire fighters. They were really good with the kids.”

Grateful Rupert even gave a firefighter a hug, and now plans to become a firefighter when he grows up.