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Aug 2022
Last Updated: 12/08/2022
Firefighters deal with blaze in planter outside shopping centre
Security guards were given advice by firefighters after a planter outside the Victoria Shopping Centre caught fire.
Victoria Shopping Centre in Harrogate.
Harrogate firefighters were called out last night to deal with a fire in a planter.
A planter on Station Parade, outside Victoria Shopping Centre, caught fire at about 10.45pm.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service's incident log said the fire was smouldering when Harrogate firefighters arrived.
It added:
"Crews used buckets of water and gave advice to on site security staff."
Harrogate firefighters also dealt with a fire in the open on Jenny Field Drive yesterday morning at 10.22am.
The incident log said:
"This was a fire to a downed tree. Crews extinguished this using a bucket of water and small hand tools."
The Harrogate district, like much of the country, is currently rated 'very high risk' in the Met Office's fire severity index.
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