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Firefighters fight a 2-alarm grassfire at the end of Melvin Ave. in Travis Sunday, November 23, 2014. (Staten Island Advance/Bill Lyons)

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By Zak Koeske | zkoeske@siadvance.com
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on November 23, 2014 at 1:07 PM, updated November 23, 2014 at 5:36 PM

A large brush fire broke out Sunday afternoon on a dead end street in Travis. 

TRAVIS — Firefighters battled a large brush fire on a dead end street in Travis early Sunday afternoon.
The fire call, which went to a second alarm, came in at 12:05 p.m. on the 200 block of Melvin Avenue, which is located near a landfill, an FDNY spokesman said.
No injuries were reported and there was no spread of the fire to nearby structures, he said.
Firefighters had the blaze under control at 1:23 p.m.