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An astonishing image captures smoke billowing up from Exmoor National Park visible from as far as South Wales.

Jeff Morea was behind the lens on the Gower Peninsula when he noticed the cloud of smoke rising at 2.42pm on Tuesday (April 25).

It is thought that heavy smoke was a result of a fire in Ilkerton Ridge, Devon that was logged just 30 minutes earlier.

Somerset and Devon Fire Service were called out at 2.09pm after reports that gorse and heathland had caught fire.

Fire engines from Barnstaple, Lynton, Ilfracombe and Minehead all attended as well as a small off road vehicle called a groundhog from Hartland.

The fire covered 20 hectares of ground and firefighters needed 20 beaters to bring it under control.

It is not yet clear how exactly the fire started.

It comes just a week after fire crews spent six hours putting out a gorse fire also at Exmoor National Park, which was believed to have been started deliberately.