Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service

The wildlife trust says species like adders, lizards and field mice are likely to have perished.

The fire service says two crews from Bodmin attended the scene on the eastbound carriageway of road.

The charity who looks after the site says a large portion of the area had been left scorched.

Flames were spotted from Newquay, St Columb and Wadebridge.

Fire crews say seven hectares of gorse was destroyed during the fire in St Keverne on Wednesday.

Multiple emergency services were called to help a woman trapped in waist-deep tidal mud at Wilcove.

Fire crews were called to a leisure park in Newquay following reports of a hazardous chemical leak.

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said crews helped rescue someone from an overturned vehicle.