FIREFIGHTERS were called to a grass and gorse fire near the old steelworks at Workington.
The crew used water backpacks and beaters to extinguish the fire, which covered an area of 400 square metres.
They were called out to the area of Mossbay Road at about 6.30pm yesterday and were at the scene for about half an hour.
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