Firefighters were called to a Knaresborough home after a car crashed into it last night.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident log today said Harrogate and Knaresborough crews responded to reports of a single-vehicle road traffic collision, on Blind Lane, at 10.04pm.
The log said the car collided “into a property”.
Firefighters added:
“The occupants of the house safely evacuated the property.
“Crews isolated the utilities while waiting for further assistance from an emergency gas engineer.”
The report also said the occupants of the car were out on arrival and “not at the scene”.
North Yorkshire Police told the Stray Ferret “enquiries are ongoing” into the collision.
No further details have been revealed.
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Firefighters tackle car fire on Harrogate’s Otley Road
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus extinguished a car fire on Otley Road in Harrogate this afternoon.
The blaze, which occurred at 3.27pm today, March 20, is believed to have occurred to an electric car outside Horticap garden centre.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident report said a crew from Harrogate used one hose reel jet to bring the fire under control.
An eyewitness told the Stray Ferret that emergency service workers closed Otley Road for a while and a diversion was put in place via Harrogate Police Station.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said in a statement:
“Crews from Harrogate attended an incident involving a small vehicle fire. Crews extinguished the fire and the scene was made safe.”
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A person was injured following a crash near Bishop Thornton this morning.
A witness told the Stray Ferret the collision happened at a crossroads on Fountains Road near the village.
North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue incident log said the collision happened at 10:12am. It said:
“Both Harrogate crews responded to a road traffic collision involving two vehicles.
“All casualties were out on arrival when fire crews arrived.”
The service added that crews helped with “scene safety” and causalities were transported to hospital in an ambulance.
A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said the injured person suffered a “possible broken leg”.
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Firefighters attend flooding at Boroughbridge home
Fire crews were called to flooding at a home in Boroughbridge last night.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue attended the incident on Bridge Street at 7.43pm.
On arrival, the service said that the water at property was approximately 2ft deep.
An incident log from the service said crews used a light portable pump to bring the level down.
It added:
“Crews assisted the occupant to make contact with the Environment Agency to organise a pump being delivered to assist with continued flood defences.”
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Car bursts into flames at Harlow Carr
Visitors leaving RHS Harlow Carr in Harrogate on Saturday were shocked to see a car burst into flames in the car-park.
The car, believed to be an 11-year-old, yellow, three-door Vauxhall Corsa, was seen with smoke coming out from under its bonnet, before the fire took hold.
One visitor, Kim Jones, told the Stray Ferret:
“We were just coming to the exit at Harlow Carr and suddenly a huge plume of smoke appeared in the car-park. Then one of the cars just went ‘whoosh’ and burst into flames.
“There was at least one explosion – something in the car exploded – but fortunately it didn’t get to the petrol tank.”
Firefighters were called to the scene at 4.43pm and kept bystanders at a distance while they put out the blaze.
Ms Jones said:
“I thought it was my car at first, but it turned out to be a car a couple of spaces away from mine. It was quite late in the afternoon, so fortunately there weren’t many other cars there at the time.”
The cause of the fire is not yet known, but the Stray Ferret has contacted North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service and RHS Harlow Carr for more information.
Photo: Kim Jones.
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