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11 Apr 2025
Hillside bordering a train track is on fire in some spots. Smoke is billowing from the scene. There is a two-storey building, which looks like a house, in the foreground.

Rail chiefs move to cut wildfire risk

To reduce sparks, steam trains on a Cumbrian coastal line must now be powered by diesel locomotives.

11 Apr 2025
7 Apr 2025
Hillside bordering a train track is on fire in some spots. Smoke is billowing from the scene.

Wildfires may have been sparked by steam train

"Pretty much the whole service" was dealing with wildfires at the weekend, Cumbria's fire teams say.

7 Apr 2025
5 Apr 2025
Several people walking on grass in front of a massive grey plume of smoke on a green hill filled with yellow flowers.

Several wildfires break out across county

Fires are spotted at different locations along the Cumbrian coast on a day of dry, sunny weather.

5 Apr 2025

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