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Magee Fire Department responded to a grass fire Friday afternoon, at approximately 2:00 pm.
The fire was located on the railroad tracks near Goodwater Road, where firefighters said the fire could have possibly been caused by sparks from the train, or flakes of burning rust and/or carbon build-up coming from the exhaust stack of the locomotive.
Magee firefighters quickly responded and extinguished the flames, also saturating the dry pine straw surrounding the tracks, at which time the scene was deemed secured before fire responders returned to the station.
Reporter: Dana Puckett