It’s been another very busy night for North Yorkshire firefighters as they tackled more field blazes.
At 5.45pm, crews from Acomb, York, Huntington and Tadcaster tackled a crop field fire between Rufforth and Long Marston.
It measured 200 by 200 metres, and sent large clouds of smoke over the area.
A North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service spokesperson said: “Crews used hose reel jets and beaters to extinguish the fire which was believed to had started accidentally.”
By 6.28pm, Acomb, York and Tadcaster remained on scene damping down hotspots after extinguishing the fire with beaters and hose reel jets.
At 9.01pm, firefighters were called to a combine harvester on fire in a field of crops between Kirkbymoorside and Pickering.
The spokesperson said: “The fire, confined to the harvester only, was extinguished by crews in breathing apparatus using hose reel jets with the water supplied in a relay between the two fire engines from the closest hydrant available.”
