FIRE crews had to use a chainsaw to get at a fire in the trunk of a tree in Worcester on Thursday morning.

Crews used the chainsaw and a snake-eye camera to extinguish the fire in the tree which was in a field off Oldbury Road in St John's at around 11am.

Crews from Droitwich and Worcester attended along with a crew from Hereford who provided an off-road vehicle to help crews get to the tree.