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Trains 'at caution' after blaze Large pallet yard blaze was arson
(about 4 hours later)
Firefighters are remaining at the scene of a blaze which broke out at a pallet storage yard in Northampton. A fire at a pallet storage yard in Northampton, which temporarily closed a railway line, is being treated as arson by police.
At its height 70 firefighters were in attendance, but only one crew is left at the scene, damping down. Firefighters spent the night tackling the blaze in Martin's Yard, near Spencer Bridge.
The fire near Spencer Bridge close to the railway line in the town broke out at about 2100 BST. About 30,000 pallets were set on fire on Monday night and at its height 70 firefighters were in attendance.
A spokesperson for the fire service said trains between Rugby and Northampton were cancelled for a while but were now running "at caution". Spencer Bridge Road and the nearby railway line was closed, but both have since re-opened.
The cause of the fire is not yet known. A spokesman for the fire service said trains between Rugby and Northampton had been cancelled for a time.
Police are appealing for anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area immediately before the incident to contact them.