Two fire engines from Carlisle East and Brampton have attended reports of a large vehicle fire at Gallowberry, Brampton.
Fire crews were called at 3:10pm today, Tuesday 2 July.
A Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: “On arrival crews found an excavator on fire and extinguished it using breathing apparatus and hose reel jets.
“Crews were in attendance for approximately thirty five minutes.”