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    Mar 2023

    Last Updated: 28/03/2023
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    Police and fire crews rescue homeless man from Starbeck bin

    by Vicky Carr

    | 28 Mar, 2023
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    skiptonroadfirestation
    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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