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Incident Summary 12th January Night Shift

In order 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.

17:31 Foss Islands Road, York

A crew attended a fire involving an external air conditioning unit on a commerical building. The fire had been extinguished by staff from the building, using a water extinguisher prior to the arrival of the fire crew.

18:37 Linwith Lane, Carlton, Selby

One crew attended a fire to a number of items that had been fly tipped. They used lighting and two hose reel jets. The cause is believed to be deliberate.

19:27 Wooler Street, Scarborough

A crew attended an incident where young adults were lighting cigarettes and throwing them into the main doorway of a building. The smoke from the cigarettes was then entering the interorior of the building. The incident was passed to the police and no action was taken by the fire crew.

21:54 Barton Le Street, Malton

One crew attended a chimney fire. The fire was confined to the chimney and crews used a chimney kit and a thermal imaging camera. The cause is believed to be an accumulation of soot.

22:57 Flaxby- false alarm

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