A SMALL blaze tackled last night by firefighters in Kennington was burning rubbish, a spokesman has confirmed.

Crews were called just before 10pm to an area next to caravan park Redbridge Hollow, in Old Abingdon Road, following reports of a fire.

A spokesman for Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue service said a roughly 3m x 3m area of rubbish had been found burning, but the cause was not known.

The firefighters who attended had left the scene by 10.30pm, he added. 

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