Eston Hills: Crews tackle large moorland fire at beauty spot
Friends of Eston HillsFire crews have tackled a large moorland blaze at a beauty spot, one of several to be reported there in recent weeks.
Flames could be seen coming from Eston Hills, East Cleveland, just after 18:30 BST.
Cleveland Fire Brigade said an area of about 3,000 sq m of scrubland was affected.
Three teams from Coulby Newham and Grangetown tackled the blaze and the fire was put out at about 20:20 BST.
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Firefighters said they left the area "due to darkness", with one section of fire left to burn overnight.
The area has a history of deliberately-started fires, although it has not been revealed what caused Monday evening's fire.
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