Carelessly discarded disposable barbecue causes fire at Scarborough beauty spot
Firefighters from Scarborough were called to a bin fire at 7.19pm on May 11 at Lake View, Eastfield. Crew members extinguished the fire, caused by a carelessly discarded disposable barbecue, using a hose reel jet.
Earlier in the day, at 11.15am, a crew from Scarborough responded to a report of a fire in a skip on North Marine Road.
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Hide AdCrew members used one hose reel jet to extinguish the fire and dampen down.
The cause of the fire was accidental, believed to be a chemical reaction between paints in the skip.
At 11.27am at Goathland, a crew from Whitby responded to a report of a line side fire.
Crews located a fire measuring 5m x 5m that had been extinguished by a farmer prior to their arrival.
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Hide AdCrews carried out an inspection only and left the incident in the hands of NYMR staff on scene.
At 6.49pm, at Osgodby Hill, Scarborough, a Scarborough crew dealt with two small fires in the woods deliberately lit by youths.
A knapsack sprayer was used to extinguish the blaze.
In the early hours of May 12, at 1.59am, a crew from Pickering extinguished a small bin fire at the side of the A170 at Allerston using a hose reel
Later in the day at 4.49pm, at Deepdale, Scarborough, a crew from Scarborough responded to a report of a fire in foliage at the side of a track.
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