Field fire burns beside homes at Norton in Stourbridge as smoke drifts over housing estate

A large field fire burned beside a housing estate at Norton in Stourbridge, West Midlands, on 15 August 2026, sending a thick smoke plume drifting over homes. Aerial drone footage looks down on the burning field, the smoke crossing the rooftops and the scorched stubble left behind on a clear summer day. The camera holds on the fire for four minutes and twenty two seconds without a cut, covering it as it was left to burn. The contributor says the footage was shot before emergency services arrived.