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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Two eye-catching murals celebrating local history and wildlife have been unveiled in Bridlington as part of a £125,000 council regeneration project.
An East Riding councillor has called on the region's combined authority mayor to ditch plans for a visitor levy, warning that taxing tourists could sabotage ongoing bids by local towns to become the UK's next Town of Culture.
Calls are intensifying for better protection of the Gypsey Race in Bridlington, as local councillors warn that ongoing sewage discharges threaten one of East Yorkshire's rare chalk streams.
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