A grass fire started Thursday afternoon south of Austin but was extinguished later that evening.

No injuries were reported.

The blaze started at around 4:25 p.m. along railroad tracks to the west of Highway 218 and directly north of County Road 28, according to a police report. The report does not indicate how large the fire was.

The Austin Fire Department, along with Austin police and the Mower County Sheriff’s Office, responded to the fire. The site was cleared by around 6:45 p.m.

The cause of the fire is undetermined at this point, though grass fires are common this time of the year because of dried out grass and a lack of rain.