Firefighters were called to a bin on fire by the harbour side, on Battery Parade, Whitby.
The incident happened just after midnight, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
A crew from Whitby responded to reports of a bin on fire.
This was caused by a dropped cigarette.
Officers used one hose reel jet to extinguish the fire.
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Over a third of adults in Yorkshire and the Humber (34%) don’t know that regular exercise can reduce your risk of developing bowel cancer, a YouGov poll commissioned by Bowel Cancer UK has found.
The Seadogs were comfortably beaten in Norfolk on Bank Holiday Monday.
Generations of coastal outdoor learning at East Barnby will permanently relocate to Birch Hall Scout Camp following the discovery of severe electrical faults and mounting repair costs.
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