Fire crews scrambled to blazes at railway embankments near Bridgnorth

One fire engine was sent from Much Wenlock to the railway embankment at Eardington at 12.37pm on Monday.

When they arrived on the scene they found 'one railway embankment on fire.'

The crew used two hosereel jets to put it out.

An incident stop message was sent just over half an hour later at 1.12pm.

Soon after at 1.38pm one fire appliance including the incident support unit was mobilised from Bridgnorth and Much Wenlock to a second railway embankment fire.

This time it was at Hampton Loade, near Bridgnorth where they found about 60 square metres of hedgerow alight.

Crews used knapsacks to tackle the fire and sent their stop message at 3.07pm.

Fires at railway embankments at Eardington are reasonably regular occurrences, with one on August 20 and July 14 before then.