Fire burns 12 hectares of farmer’s field northeast of Beiseker, Alta.

Flames and heavy smoke were seen billowing from a farmer’s field northeast of Beiseker on Saturday.

The fire at Township Road 290 and Range Road 253 was contained but smoldering by 6 p.m.

Rocky View Fire Services got a call about a grass fire at around 4 p.m. and were later joined by the Irricana, Balzac and Crossfield stations for support.

Marcus Weckesser, district fire chief of Rocky View County, said the blaze was contained near the train tracks and he estimates that it burned 12 hectares of land.

“With this wind here that’s really blowing, that’s what really pushed it pretty quick,” he said.

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The cause of the fire is under investigation.