Grass fire burns near rail yard off Plessis Road in Winnipeg

Hydro poles and an area of grass and brush 90 metres wide burned off Plessis Road early Tuesday morning, the City of Winnipeg says.

A Canadian National Railway employee spotted the blaze near the Symington Yards, the city said. The yards stretch west from Plessis, south to FermorAvenue and north along LagimodiereBoulevard.

Fire crews responded just after 12 a.m. Theyinitially couldn't reach the site with fire trucksbut used a drone to get a sense of the spread of the fire from above. Theydetermined the fire was 90 metres in width, almost thelength of a CFL football field.

Crews set up a fire break and put out parts of the fire using specialized wildfire-urban firefighting equipment.

The city said apart from a few hydro poles, no buildings were damaged and no one was hurt.

The cause of the fire isn't believed to be linked to nearby rail activity, the city said, as the nearest track was about one kilometrefrom the site of the fire.

The incidentcomes after a dry May long weekend that saw wildfires threaten a ranch near Falcon Beach in eastern Manitoba.

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