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Firefighters are at the scene of a blaze near railway tracks in Rangitīkei.
Firefighters are extinguishing a blaze that has lit up the side of a railway track in Rangitīkei.
Firefighters were called to the train tracks just outside Marton near the State Highway 1 underpass after receiving calls of a fire just after 5.30pm.
Fire and Emergency Central shift manager Chris Dalton said the vegetation fire was about 150 metres by 20m on arrival.
A water tanker was called in to help extinguish the blaze.
By 7pm firefighters had got the flames under control and were dampening down the area for hotspots.
A spokesman for KiwiRail said he was aware of the fire, but it was not in danger of causing disruptions.
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