UPDATE WEDNESDAY 9.30AM: A fire near Bourne which caused damage to a workshop and 1,200 bales of hay was probably caused by lightning, it has emerged today.
Eight fire crews were called to a one-storey workshop in Elsthorpe Road, Stainfield, at about 4.15am on Tuesday when the building and a hay barn were alight.
The workshop, its contents and about 400 hay bales were damaged by the fire while smoke caused damage to another 800 bales.
A number of acetylene and propane gas cyclinders were also in the workshop but fire officers believe the blaze was caused by a lightning strike.
TUESDAY 1PM: Firemen from seven stations are tackling a blaze at a building in Stainfield, near Bourne, which broke out this morning.
Crews from Donington, Holbeach, Spalding and Market Deeping were called out to Elsthorpe Road at about 4.15am where a building with acetylene and propane gas cyclinders was alight.
The fire spread to hay bales and firemen from Bourne, Billingborough and Stamford are also at the scene.
There are no details of any injuries at the moment.