An unsupervised candle is believed to have caused a fire that badly damaged a house in Minskip in the early hours of this morning.
Firefighters from Boroughbridge, Knaresborough and Harrogate using and aerial ladder platform and breathing apparatus rushed to the scene just after 1am.
Nobody was injured but the fire, which started in a bedroom, left the home in Roecliffe Drive uninhabitable.
The first floor suffered 100% fire damage and there is smoke damage throughout the building.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident report said:
“Crews used six breathing apparatus sets, two hose reel jets, door enforcer, 9 metre ladder, thermal imaging camera and small tools.
“They also gained access to a neighbouring property to check for fire spread.”
A spokeswoman for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service told the Stray Ferret the adjoining semi-detached was not damaged and it was fortunate nobody was hurt.
Minskip is about a mile from Boroughbridge.
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