Knaresborough firefighters were called out in the early hours this morning to a report of a fire in the open caused by power lines that had come down.
The incident happened on Bar Lane at 1.01am.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident log said:
“Crews located the damaged power line that was arcing with the ground.
“Crews handed the incident over to land owners to await the arrival of engineers to make the cables safe.”
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