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24
May 2022
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.
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