A tractor has been destroyed after being engulfed by flames. 

Firefighters were called to a field in Misterton yesterday where they found the vehicle well-alight. 

Officers from Beaminster, Crewkerne and Yeovil rushed to the scene, off Church Lane, shortly after 4.30pm and used four breathing apparatus and two hose reel jets to extinguish the fire. 

The tractor was totally destroyed by the fire and the cause was accidental, according to the fire service.