FIREFIGHTERS battled until midnight a blaze in Ashdown Forest, East Sussex, which devastated about 20 hectares of land.At 2.30pm on Wednesday, emergency services, including 16 fire engines with 80 firefighters, raced to the scene near Wych Cross where a large area of woodland had caught alight.A Sussex Police spokesman said:"Police were called just before 2.30pm this afternoon following a report of a large fire in Ashdown Forest."The blaze is currently being dealt with by the East...
