See damage caused by Severn Valley Railway steam train sparks that led to embankment fires
Shropshire Fire and Rescue were called out to Eardington on Wednesday after sparks set fire to an embankment
Sparks from the Severn Valley Railway led to an embankment fire on Wednesday, which saw 200 square metres of undergrowth torched.
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Shropshire Fire and Rescue were called out to Eardington near Bridgnorth at around 11.30am on Wednesday.
A spokesperson said crews spent a couple of hours dealing with the large embankment, which saw undergrowth damaged in “two separate seats of fire in close proximity to each other”.
A spokesperson said they used extended hose-reel jets and beaters to douse the blazes.
were used to deal with the incident.
The spokesperson added: “Severn Valley work very hard on the spark arresters and other engineering methods to reduce emissions of the engines.
“But sometimes the sparks just beat the systems.”
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