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Jul 2022
Drone captures scale of Ripon field fire
The scale of this week's field fire near Ripon is captured in this drone image sent to the Stray Ferret.
Harrogate district drone photographer Paul Smith took the image on Tuesday, the day after the blaze occurred at Hutton Bank, Sharow.
It was one of two crop fires in the district that day. At one point the flames came close to the main A61 road.
Ripon and Harrogate fire crews were first at the scene and requested a further four appliances due to the 300-metre fire front.
Firefighters worked with the farmer to extinguish the blaze, in which nobody was hurt.
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