A FARM worker suffered burns to his face when a fire lit for the controlled burning of gorse got out of control.
The blaze took hold of an area of gorse, 80 metres by 70 metres in size, on White Horse Hill by Osmington this morning.
Weymouth firefighters and an off-road Land Rover from Bere Regis attended just after 11am.
Two farm workers were led to safety, one had sustained light burns to his face and was treated at the scene by an ambulance crew, a fire service spokesman said.
The fire was under control by 12.30pm.
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