Firefighters from four stations tackle lineside fire on North York Moors near Pickering

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Firefighters from four stations have tackled a fire on a railway embankment on the North York Moors near Pickering.

Fire crews from Kirkbymoorside, Pickering, Malton and Whitby were called at 4.55pm on Tuesday to reports of a railway embankment fire that spread to nearby moorland at Levisham.

The fire measured approximately 300 metres by 100 metres.

Crews tackled the fire from the line embankment and hillside using a light portable pump, beaters, backpack sprayers, a lance and an argocat to extinguish.