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Firefighters Battle Abington Brush Fire

ABINGTON (CBS) -- Firefighters from several communities helped Abington Fire Department battle a brush fire on Saturday.

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Abington brush fire on Saturday. (Photo by Abington Fire Department)

Firefighters received a call about the blaze about 5 p.m. The two-to-three acre fire was in the woods under the utility pole at Groveland and East Ashland Streets.

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Smoke and flames at an Abington brush fire. (Photo by Abington Fire Department)

Brockton, Hanson, Holbrook and Whitman fire departments provided five tankers at the scene.

Firefighters were on scene for about three hours.

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Smoke and flames at an Abington brush fire. (Photo by Abington Fire Department)

The fire was eventually extinguished.

No one was hurt in the fire.

The origin and cause of the fire is under investigation.

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