FOUR dogs have died in a shed used as kennels which caught fire in a village on the Somerset-Devon border near Stawley on Sunday evening (April 19).

Fire crews from Wellington, Wiveliscombe, Dulverton, and Bampton were sent to tackle the blaze in Clayhanger.

Fire control received an alert shortly after 9.30 pm and when the first firefighters arrived on the scene they confirmed the building was well alight.

The crew called for back-up and two more appliances and a water bowser were despatched.

The operation was illuminated with scene lighting and firefighters used four sets of breathing apparatus, hose reel, safety, and attack jets, and small tools to put out the blaze and then checked for any hotspots with a thermal imaging camera.

The cause was considered accidental.