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10
Jul 2024
Firefighters called after man's finger impaled on barbed wire
Firefighters were called to help a man whose finger got impaled on barbed wire in Harrogate last night.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service's incident report said the man was injured when he tried to climb over a fence on Wetherby Road at 1.23am.
It added:
Crews removed the barbed wire using bolt croppers and left the male in care of first aiders.
It was part of a busy night for local firefighters.
At 7.19pm, firefighters from Harrogate were summoned to King's Road in the town to a report that a teenager had got stuck on top of what was described only as "a wooden structure".
The report added "crews assisted the female down using a triple extension ladder".
Minutes later, at 7.43pm, crews from Harrogate and Ripon responded to a single vehicle crash at junction 49 of the northbound A1 at Dishforth.
The report said:
On arrival of crews no action was required. The occupants of the vehicle were out and in the care of paramedics. The incident was left with police and ambulance crews.
An hour later, at 8.22pm, the Harrogate crew rushed to another single vehicle collision on the A59 at Goldsborough but they were not required to help on arrival.
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