PEOPLE in Whitehill and Bordon have been asked to be vigilant after a fire in Forest Road.

The heathland fire was reported last Wednesday afternoon when a member of the public spotted smoke and flames spreading through the heather around the Walldown area.

A spokeswoman from Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said that one fire engine and a Land Rover from Bordon attended the scene and firefighters took around half an hour to get the blaze under control.

The cause of the fire is unclear and the fire service is treating the incident as "accidental and unexplained".

For full story, see this week's Bordon Herald.