A huge fire has torched more than £150,000 worth of straw in a suspected arson attack in Lincolnshire.

The attack has been described as one of the largest ever in the UK, and will burn on for weeks.

The fire happened on Thursday (August 31) at a farm in Retford, and within an hour the blaze engulfed the whole field, prompting three fire crews to try and bring the flames under control.

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue suspect the blaze was deliberately started.

The land was left blackened and smouldering the following morning, with smoke and fire lingering. The 10,000 hay bales which caught on fire were the culmination of six weeks of hard work by Ranskill based RB Agricultural Contracting Ltd.

George Roworth, who runs the firm with his brother, said he put "blood, sweat and tears" into his work