Incident summary – 26 July, 2024 – Night shift
To ensure that people are not identifiable from our incident round-up, we will no longer be providing street names for smaller towns and villages, where incidents have occurred.
Time: 17:55 Location: Pickering Road East, Snainton
Scarborough crew responded to a RTC involving an electric Mercedes car and a hybrid Suzuki. No person trapped or injured. Fire crew made electric vehicle prior to recovery by isolating the high voltage. Car checked over with thermal camera also.
Time: 18:13 Location: Green Lane, Harrogate
Police requested Fire attendance for a car awaiting recovery, with a fuel leak. Drizzit pads and roadside gravel used by crew for a small petrol leak originating from the petrol filler cap.
Time: 20:46 Location: A59, Blubberhouses
Harrogate crew responded to a possible Ford Mondeo on fire. However, this was found to be a seized engine. Incident left with owner who was waiting for recovery.
Time: 21:52 Location: Ripon Road, Harrogate
Harrogate crew responded to a call from a resident stating that smoke from a fire outside was affecting his premises. This was found to be controlled attended burning of hedging. False alarm good intent.
Time: 22:19 Location: North Street, York
York crew responded to flooding from a commercial property effecting the premises below. Crew isolated the water to the building using small tools and left the incident in the hands of a responsible person.
Time: 01:43 Location: Fairfax Avenue, Harrogate
Harrogate fire crews responded to an alarm sounding in a domestic premises which was then found to be filled with smoke. Entry gained and smoke found to be coming from foodstuffs left on a hot hob with no persons present in premises. Fire dealt with by crews and property cleared of smoke by use of a positive pressure fan.
There were also fire alarm activations responded to in: Scarborough and Acomb. Both proved false alarms.