A quick-thinking farmer averted a potentially major field fire yesterday when a straw baler went up in flames on land near Little Ouseburn.
Firefighters from Knaresborough and Acomb were summoned when the baler caught fire at about 2pm yesterday.
When the fire crews arrived, the farmer had already managed to unhook the tractor from the baler and another farmer had ploughed a fire break around the flames to prevent the fire spreading.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service‘s incident log said the quick intervention prevented the fire spreading throughout the field. The farmers involved are not named.
The incident log said the cause of the fire was believed to be a mechanical fault. It added:
“The crews extinguished the fire using two hose reel jets and three breathing apparatus.”
In a separate incident yesterday, an unattended barbecue is believed to have been responsible for a fire in Harrogate’s Great Yorkshire Showground, which spread to a tree, causing minor damage before it was extinguished.
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