Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green has assured farmers in south-west St Elizabeth that the Government will move swiftly to assist them following a major fire which affected agricultural lands in the Little Park/Gillard, Pedro Plains area on Friday.

Speaking during his address at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show on Saturday, Green said preliminary reports indicate that approximately 20 farmers were affected after the blaze consumed roughly 50 hectares of farmland.

The minister noted that teams from the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) were immediately dispatched to the area to assess the extent of the damage and document the losses sustained by farmers.