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Firefighters from the Jasper and East End Fire Departments along with the Texas A&M Forest Service worked for about two hours battling a blaze just east of Jasper on Wednesday evening. It started at about 5:30 on land east of Bevil Loop Road. Firefighters were hampered in reaching the blaze because of railroad tracks. In fact, they had to stretch hoses across the tracks and 911 Dispatchers had to call the railroad to stop a train that would have rolled over and severed the hoses. The fire was under control by about 7:30 p.m. Meanwhile, there’s no word on what may have caused the blaze.