FIRE crews were called to tackle a train on fire last night.
Firefighters from Knaresborough, Harrogate, Boroughbridge, Ripon attended the incident near Knaresborough at about 11.30pm.
No passengers were involved.
Crews used two large jets to extinguish the fire.
The fire was extinguished around 2am, and crews continued to dampen down and cool the train until 3am.
Investigations are ongoing in to the cause of the fire.
More details to follow.
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