Passengers were temporarily held on a miniature railway after a fire broke out along the track.

People travelling on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway were stopped for about 30 minutes while fire crews tackled the blaze on the line between Dymchurch and Hythe.

Danny Martin, general manager at the historic railway, has warned passengers not to panic as services are delayed, but still running.

“It’s very dry out there at the moment,” he said.

“It could have been caused by a spark from an engine, it could have been a cigarette end, but once it caught, it spread quite a long way along the track.

“The fire brigade are dealing with it now.

“It has delayed trains by about 25 to 30 minutes but they are still running, they just have to go slowly and they have to give us a gap to get past.

“There might be some delays on the later trains but nobody should panic, we will get everyone home.”

The blaze broke out in a field between Boltoph’s Bridge Road and Burmarsh Road.

Four fire engines attended just before 2pm and extinguished the flames.

Nobody was injured and the cause is not yet known.