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Fire breaks out at South Mountain Saturday night

Fire officials say crews have been able to keep the flames away from most of the radio and TV towers

Phoenix fire crews battled a brush fire on South Mountain in the overnight hours Saturday into Sunday. It's not yet clear if there was damage to any of the communications towers at the top of the mountains.

By: abc15.com staff

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PHOENIX — A fire sparked at South Mountain late Saturday night.

Fire officials have not said how large the fire is.

A picture from an ABC15 viewer shows the flames to be close to the television and radio towers on the mountain. Phoenix Fire officials tell ABC15 as of Sunday morning, they cannot yet confirm whether any equipment on the mountain has been damaged.

Shortly after the fire broke out, ABC15 went off-air.

ABC15 has returned to the airwaves, but it isn't clear what caused the station to go off-air.

We are working to get more information on the fire's status and will update this story once we learn more.

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