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Mar 2023
Last Updated: 28/03/2023
Police and fire crews rescue homeless man from Starbeck bin
Harrogate Fire Station, Skipton Road.
Police and fire crews rescued a man from a commercial bin in Starbeck last night.
Firefighters from Harrogate were called to a premises in the High Street just after 6pm, where they used small tools to release the man.
A spokesperson for Harrogate Fire Station said:
"It was believed to be a homeless person who got himself trapped accidentally when the lid came down and locked."
Police officers at the scene offered to take the man to a homeless shelter.
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