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Firefighters Rescue Young and Old on Busy Saturday on Yorkshire Coast

Officers assisted people in Whitby and Scarborough, including an 18-month-old boy trapped in a car.

At just after 4.30pm, on Peasholm Drive, in Scarborough, a crew from the town gained entry to give assistance to a female who had fallen in the property, the lady was left with carers.

Then shortly before 6pm, in Whitby, officers assisted a man that had collapsed in his property. He was lifted back into his armchair and left in the care of a family member.

Finally, around 9.20pm, on Burniston Road, Scarborough, firefighters from the town rescued an 18 month old boy who had been accidentally locked in a vehicle. Crew used protective film and a glass punch to break a window and reunite the child with his mother.

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