Steam Train May Have Sparked Woodland Fire

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This YYOOUURR PPIICCTTUURREESS was DAVE MORE than 100 firefighters battled through the night to tackle a blaze ragi n g t h r o u g h r e m o t e National Trust woodland on the banks of the River Dart at Kingswear.

A spark from the steam train running out of Paignton is thought to be the cause of the fire which blackened a 600m by 600m section of the trackside Long Wood between Higher Greenway and Noss Point on Wednesday evening.

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Steam Train May Have Sparked Woodland Fire

Fourteen appliances from across South Devon were involved in tackling the incident -- most of them used to ferry an estimated 100,000 litres of water from hydrants a t n e a r b y H i l l h...

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