Pedometer eating pig sparks unusual Bramham farm fire
Fire crews were called out to an unusual incident when pigs eating a pedometer led to a fire on a farm near Bramham.
After putting the blaze out, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service discovered the cause of the fire was a battery-powered pedometer - used to prove a pig is free range - which had been eaten by the other pigs.
The service tweeted that Tadcaster and Knaresbororough fire crews attended the fire to four pig pens on Saturday afternoon.
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The fire service said that, “after nature had taken its course”, it is believed that the copper from the batteries reacted with the pig pens’ contents and sparked a fire in bedding.