Three boys have been arrested after items including fire extinguishers and glass bottles were hurled on to Harrogate’s Parliament Street today.
Police were called to reports of a burglary just before 2am. Parliament Street was closed and fully reopened at about 8am.
A North Yorkshire Police statement this morning said:
“CCTV in the area showed three young people throwing items from the top floor of the property into the street.
“Items included fire extinguishers, poles and boxes, one of which contained an amount of glass bottles, which smashed across the road.
“Specialist officers, including negotiators were called to the property bringing the incident to a safe conclusion around 6.30am.”
Yorkshire Ambulance Service and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service were also called out and highways workers cleared debris before the road fully reopened at about 8am. Many windows on floors above the businesses on Parliament Street were broken this morning.
Two lanes of Parliament Street reopened until the remainder of the debris was removed.
The statement added:
“Three boys aged, 15, 16 and 17-years-old were arrested a short time later on suspicion of burglary and affray. They remain in police custody while the investigation continues.”
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident report said it was alerted at 2.43am.
“A crew from Harrogate responded to reports of a large number of youths inside an unsafe derelict building, throwing items from the roof.
“Fire crew stood by awaiting instruction form the police. Eventually incident was dealt with without fire service intervention.”
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