Firefighters battling a blaze on moorland near Levisham (Image: North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue)
FIREFIGHTERS have been battling a blaze on a railway embankment and moorland in North Yorkshire.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called to Levisham at 4.55pm yesterday (April 19).
A spokesman for the service said: "Crews from Kirkbymoorside, Pickering, Malton and Whitby responded to a railway embankment fire that spread to nearby moorland.
"The fire measured approximately 300 metres by 100 metres.
"Crews tackled the fire from the line embankment and hillside.
"Crews used a light portable pump, beaters, backpack sprayers, lance and argocat to extinguish."
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