Fire barrel event may fizzle out

[icymist]

A 400-year-old flaming tar barrel tradition has come under threat because the Devon organisers cannot get insurance cover.
Every year in November, burning barrels are rolled through the streets of Ottery St Mary, with some even carried on people's backs.

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The tradition is believed to have originated from pagan rituals to ward off evil spirits.

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