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11
Aug 2022
Firefighters tackle field fire in Aldborough
Fire crews were called to a bale and field on fire in Aldborough yesterday.
Pictures released by North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue show crews tackling the blaze at 11.49am.
Fire crews from Knaresborough, Ripon, Wetherby and the water bowser from Tadcaster stopped the spread of the fire and extinguished the baler.
The fire spread from the baler to the stubble field measuring approximately 10 acres, according to the service’s fire log.
Firefighters have urged people to be vigilant during the soaring temperatures this week to prevent the spread of fires near farmland.
Firefighters tackling the field fire in Aldborough. Picture: Knaresborough Fire Station.
This includes discarding of cigarettes properly, not using disposable barbecues near crops, checking straw and hay bales which can overheat and keeping farm machinery in good working order.
Last month, Harrogate firefighters tackled five field fires during the hottest day of the year.
Crews were called to battle blazes at Forest Lane in Harrogate and Marton-cum-Grafton among others.
Read more:
- Drone captures scale of Ripon field fire
- Harrogate firefighters battle extreme heat as five fields go up in flames
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