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02

Jan 2023

Last Updated: 02/01/2023
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Firefighters rescue horse after collision in Killinghall

by John Plummer

| 02 Jan, 2023
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Firefighters came to the rescue when a horsebox left the road in Killinghall today.

Crews from Harrogate and Ripon were summoned to the village at 12.07pm after a 7.5 tonne horse box left the road following a single vehicle collision.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service's incident log said:

"Crews stabilised the vehicle to allow the owner to remove the horse from the rear of the vehicle. Incident then left with police.
"Crews used a tirfor winch and stabfast stabilisation equipment."


Five minutes after the Killinghall call, Harrogate firefighters attended flooding in the basement of a house in Beckwithshaw.

The incident log said:

"Crews pumped water from basement and gave advice to owner. A light portable pump and hard suction were used at this incident."


The incidents were part of a busy day shift for the Harrogate crew, which at 8am dealt with a reports of a diesel leak on a road in North Rigton.

Firefighters carried out an investigation and requested a highways gully-sucker to unblock a surface water drain.  



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