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Jun 2022
Last Updated: 04/06/2022
Hotspots cause second fire in days at old rectory near Ripon
Firefighters were called out for the second time in three days when hotspots caused the building to start smouldering again.
The damage caused to the Old Vicarage next to the Parish Church of St Nicholas in West Tanfield.
Firefighters were called to the old rectory at West Tanfield yesterday for the second time in three days.
The building, next to the parish church of St Nicholas, suffered major damage when the roof caught fire on Tuesday.
But fire crews from Ripon, Bedale and Harrogate were summoned back to the site, near Ripon, at 8.50am yesterday when smoke was seen.
Firefighters discovered the smoke was coming from the roof space above a first floor bedroom.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service's incident log says:
"This was believed to be caused by hotspots from the previous fire.
"Crews used one hose reel jet to cool the beams and set up an aerial ladder platform to carry out observation from above and check for further hotspots."
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