Coastguards helped firefighters find a blaze on Sunday evening.
Officers were alerted to what was thought to have been a boat on fire in Laxey Bay at around 6.30pm.
However, the flames turned out to be inland - they alerted the Fire and Rescue Service.
They then guided firefighters to the scene of the fire, a controlled burn which had got out of control.
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Government could cash in £852.6m assets within 10 days
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Rapists's appeal against sentence thrown out
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Last chance to become next TT's charity partner
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No gas price hike after regulator review
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