A farm worker suffered facial injuries when a bonfire raged out of control.

The blaze took hold of an area of gorse, 880 metres by 70 metres in size, on White Horse Hill, near Osmington, in Dorset on Monday morning.

Dorset Fire and Rescue Service was alerted by a member of the public and Weymouth firefighters gained access to the site via Chalky Road, near Broadmayne.

A fire service off-road Land Rover from Bere Regis also aided the response.

Firefighters used hoses and beating to extinguish the gorse fire.

The injured farm worker was treated at the scene by an ambulance crew.