THREE fire crews were called out when smoke from a fire drifted across a railway track at Warrington.
Shortly after 5 pm yesterday, Friday, fire crews from Warrington, Birchwood and Penketh attended reports of a fire on a railway embankment at Slutchers Lane, Warrington.
Firefighters used water from backpacks and also beaters to extinguish the fire on the railway embankment.
The area measured approximately 70 by 3 meters and the smoke was going across the railway line.
Network Rail was aware and was also in attendance.