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Jun 2021

Last Updated: 03/06/2021
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Self-combusting linseed oil causes freak house fire in Bilton

by John Plummer

| 03 Jun, 2021
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North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service believes linseed oil self-combusted and melted a turps containers before setting alight a shed and spreading to the house on Cecil Street.

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Harrogate Fire Station, Skipton Road.

Self-combusting linseed oil is believed to have caused a fire that spread to a Harrogate house and shed last night.

The fire shattered a kitchen window and melted a PVC frame during the freak incident at a home in Cecil Street, Bilton about 9.30pm.

The North Yorkshire Fire and Service incident log said:

"Two crews from Harrogate and an officer attended a fire to a shed that spread to a garden fence and caused damage to the rear of a property.
"The fire shattered a kitchen window and melted some of a PVC frame.
"The cause is believed to be some linseed oil that self combusted and melted a turps containers and then run down to the shed setting that alight."


Linseed oil, which is extracted from flax seed, is a natural oil used as a preservative for wood as well as being an ingredient in paints and varnishes.

Firefighters used two hose reel jets and a thermal imaging camera to tackle the blaze.




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