Cumbria fire crews were called out to a fire that broke near Millom nature reserve at the weekend.
Firefighters from both Ulverston and Bootle stations were called out around 17.30pm on Sunday (April 28) to tackle the blaze near Hodbarrow RSPB Nature Reserve at an unnamed coastal path near Millom beach.
As part of a social media post on Bootle Fire Station Facebook page, a spokesperson said: "At 17:30pm on Sunday 28th April, C41 Bootle and C47 Ulverston were mobilised to reports of a small fire in the open at Hodbarrow in Millom.
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"On arrival, the crews discovered around 40 square metres of bracken and grass to be on fire. Scotty packs and beaters were used to extinguish the fire.
"Crews were detained for around one hour."
Hodbarrow is a nature reserve run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) on the edge of the Lake District National Park.
It is located on the Duddon Estuary and covers an area of 3.28 hectares.
The reserve has a range of wildlife including breeding terns, ringed plovers, redshanks, oystercatchers and great crested grebes - a protected species that was once almost hunted to extinction.
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