A halogen heater left too close to curtains caused a house fire near Boroughbridge last night.
A person at the house required oxygen and was taken to hospital.
Firefighters from Knaresborough and Harrogate were called to the property in Aldborough at 10.40pm last night.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident report said:
“The fire was caused by a halogen heater that had accidentally been turned on whilst being too close to the curtains.
“On the arrival of fire crews, the occupant had extinguished the fire using a fire extinguisher and water from a kettle.”
The report said firefighters removed the curtains, dampened down and cleared the smoke.
It added:
“Crews administered oxygen therapy to one occupant suffering from smoke inhalation. The occupant was transported to hospital via road ambulance for a precautionary check up.”
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Harrogate cinema evacuated after fire alert
Cinema-goers in Harrogate had to be evacuated mid-movie last night when a fire alarm went off.
The alarm sounded at the Everyman cinema on Station Parade at 9.42pm last night.
All the theatres within the cinema and the connecting buildings were immediately evacuated.
Firefighters from Harrogate were on the scene within five minutes for what turned out to be a false alarm caused by a faulty fire detector.
People were allowed back in the building shortly after 10pm.
Oliver Dawson was among those watching Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes when the alarm went off.
He said as soon as the incident was over, staff offered customers either a free ticket to watch on another day or the option to continue last night’s viewing from the time the alarm went off, which he took.
Mr Dawson said:
“The cinema staff couldn’t have done anything else. They kept us all informed and handled the problem as quick and efficiently as it was safe to do so.
“Personally, it just felt like going to the theatre with an interval.”