Firefighters fought a major blaze at a south Pembrokeshire holiday park on Friday night.

A number of holidaymakers were evacuated from their accommodation as two crews from Tenby and one from Pembroke Dock tackled the fire at Crackwell Holiday Park, Penally, shortly before 10 pm.

The fire is believed to have been caused when a visitor put the remains of a disposable barbecue up against a 200-gallon diesel tank. The heat melted a hole in the reinforced plastic tank and ignited the diesel, catching the workshop and adjacent storage shed, which housed two acetylene cylinders. Firefighters, wearing breathing apparatus sets, used three hose reel jets to extinguish the fire.

Other brigade appliances, including the water bowser from Pembroke Dock and the emergency tender from Haverfordwest also attended.

Although the fire was under control within half-an- hour, the crews had to ensure that the cylinders were completely cool and remained at the scene until shortly before 4 pm the following afternoon.