Shropshire Star

Crews tackle grass fires in Shropshire

Shropshire firefighters were kept busy on Sunday afternoon as they dealt with fires at grassland in Telford and near Bridgnorth.

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The first happened on the embankment near to the Eardington station on the Severn Valley Railway.

A crew from Bridgnorth was called out at 2.20pm to deal with the fire, on an 80 metre square piece of grass,

Then, at 2.40pm, a crew from Telford went out to deal with a grass fire at Duce Drive, Dawley.

Both were quickly extinguished and the area made safe.