A Harrogate kitchen caught fire yesterday when a dog jumped up to grab some sausages and set a tea towel alight.
Harrogate firefighters were called to Meadow Place in Starbeck shortly before 4pm following reports of fire.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident log says:
“The fire started when the dog of the house attempted to jump up on a kitchen bench to snaffle some sausages and knocked a tea towel onto onto a hob that had just been turned off.”
The incident log adds that the smouldering tea towel caused smoke damage to the kitchen but it is not believed any people — or dogs — were injured in the blaze.
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Three bins in Harrogate set alight deliberately last night
Harrogate firefighters believe three separate bin fires in Harrogate last night were started deliberately.
Firefighters were initially called to a fire in a bin on Cambridge Street at 6.25pm, which had been doused on arrival by a member of the public using a coffee cup.
Fire crews then used a hose to cool the bin down.
They were then alerted to another bin fire on Beech Grove an hour later.
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The fire was put out using a hose reel.
Another deliberate fire was reported in a wheelie bin on Oxford Street at 8pm.The bin was close to commercial properties and fire crews used a hose reel to put out the blaze.
A spokesman for Harrogate fire station said they believed the fires were deliberately started by the same people and have informed the police.