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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Concerns are mounting regarding the adequacy of the national resilience framework following the major moorland fire near on the Yorkshire Coast that threatened critical military infrastructure this summer.
The Ship Inn has taken the decision to end its long-running Charity Bonfire Night Extravaganza.
Concerns grow that the new £12.5m facility at Eastfield, near Scarborough, poses a ‘potential threat’ to local services for patients further down the coast.
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