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Mar 2021
Last Updated: 26/03/2021
Starbeck home owner 'absolutely devastated' after fire
The owner told the Stray Ferret the fire started in her son's bedroom while she was downstairs celebrating her birthday. A firefighter says fire crews' rapid action prevented a 'very serious incident'.
A woman in Starbeck says she is "absolutely devastated" after a serious fire at her home tonight.
Crews using breathing apparatus from Harrogate, Ripon, Knaresborough and Boroughbridge, plus an aerial appliance from Huntington, near York, battled the blaze in Avenue Grove, which broke out at about 8.20pm tonight.
Two people required treated for smoke inhalation.
The owner of the house, who did not wish to be named, told the Stray Ferret the fire started in her son's bedroom while she was downstairs celebrating her birthday.
She said she didn't know how it started but she was "absolutely devastated".
The house had only recently been redecorated.
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Neville Scott, red watch manager at Harrogate fire station, said:
"It had the potential to be a very serious incident and spread to other properties because it was a terraced house.
"But the firefighters were able to prevent that."
The home had a smoke alarm and the fire service said it was a reminder of how important it is to have a working fire alarm in all homes.
Houses either side were evacuated but the inhabitants have now been allowed to return.
The road was blocked off and people advised to avoid the area.
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