A DIGGER has been damaged after a fire near Bridgwater.

Two fire engines and the water carrier from the town were called to reports of a large vehicle fire in Moorland Road, West Yeo, near Bridgwater.

A spokesperson said: "On arrival crews discovered one digger on fire.

"Crews extinguished the fire with two breathing apparatus, two hose reel jets and one compressed air foam jet.

"The digger was eighty per cent damaged by the fire."