For the latest news from in and around Oldham sign up to the MyOldham newsletter here The 'first moorland fire of the season' has broken out on the hills above Saddleworth.
Firefighters spent two and a half hours on Tuesday afternoon tackling the blaze near the village of Diggle on moorland which is 'well used by rare ground-nesting birds'.
For the first time, crews from Slaithwaite and Holmfirth fire stations in West Yorkshire used specialist equipment designed for tackling moor fires.
A spokesperson from Slaithwaite Fire Station said: "The crew at Slaithwaite were called to the first moorland fire of the season in Marsden, up near Black Moss reservoir this afternoon at 3.45pm. "Additional appliances came from Holmfirth to support. "The
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