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Lineside fire causes 'no impact' to services on Severn Valley Railway

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Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to Eardington, near Bridgnorth, at around 2pm after receiving reports of a fire on the embankment.

One fire appliance including the Incident Support Unit was mobilised from Bridgnorth.

A spokesperson from Severn Valley Railway said: "It was on Eardington Bank, the fire service attended and it was dealt with.

"There hasn't been an impact on services at all but we did start the day with a red alert so the team were aware of this."

The fire measured approximately 200 square meters of grass.

Crews used one hosereel jet and a high pressure lance to extinguish.

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