Firefighters from Ripon, Harrogate and Masham extinguished a fire in a garage on Dallamires Lane in Ripon today.
The garage, which contained one vehicle, is attached to a house. The extent of the damage is unknown.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue’s incident log said the alert came at 2.22pm. It added:
“Crews extinguished the fire using two breathing apparatus, one hose reel jet and a thermal imaging camera. The cause of the fire is yet to be established by fire investigation officers.”
It was the Ripon crew’s third call-out of the day. At 11.53am, city firefighters were summoned to a chimney fire on High Street in Markington. The incident log said:
“The fire was confined to the chimney and extinguished by the home owner prior to the fire service’s arrival. Crews carried out a thorough check for hot spots and gave advice to the home owner.”
At 7.59am, a crew from Ripon responded to a report of water leaking at a home on Harrogate Road. The incident log said:
“Crews isolated the water leak in the loft and turned off the water to the property. Advice was given to a responsible person.”
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Firefighters called to Ripon launderette blaze
Two fire crews from Ripon and one from Boroughbridge rushed to Ripon city centre last night following reports of smoke in a launderette.
After being summoned at about 7.20pm, they extinguished a fire that had spread to a number of commercial washers and dryers.
Firefighters used breathing apparatus and a thermal imaging camera to tackle the blaze.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident log said:
“Crews then ventilated the heavily smoked logged building and gave advice to the owner.
“The cause of the fire was accidental.”
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Firefighters rescue man from blaze in Ripon city centre flat
A man was rescued from a flat that caught fire above a Ripon restaurant today.
Ripon firefighters were called to the first flor flat on High Skellgate in the city centre at 2.59pm this afternoon.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service‘s incident log said:
“Crews rescued a male occupant inside the flat.
“He was left in the care of ambulance with smoke inhalation and burns.”
The incident log added that fire damaged the kitchen and the rest of the flat suffered heat and smoke damage.
Firefighters wore breathing apparatus to tackle the blaze.
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