Firefighters serving the Yorkshire Coast experienced a busy weekend, attending a range of incidents across the area and rescuing two trapped shoppers.
Among the calls handled by crews in the region was a report from Scarborough on Friday night where firefighters used ladders to free two individuals who had become trapped in the outdoor section of a garden centre after it had closed without them knowing.
Earlier that evening in Scarborough, crews also assisted a female at the fire station by removing a ring from her finger. Additionally, a report of a fire on a building site in Scarborough was investigated and found to be controlled burning being carried out by workmen. Out near Whitby, crews investigated a report of a campfire started next to moorland but found no fire upon arrival. A crew from Filey also investigated smoke sighted in Primrose Valley on Friday night, which was determined to be attended controlled burning.
During the day shift on Saturday, crews in Scarborough responded to a report of a fire outside a residential property. Firefighters extinguished the fire using two hose reels. The incident resulted in damage to an item outside the property and smoke damage to the living room inside, following fire spread. Occupiers were out of the property when fire crews arrived, and no injuries were reported. Police also attended this incident.
On Saturday evening firefighters in Whitby responded to reports of a car on fire in a residential area. The car was reported as well alight and believed to have suffered a mechanical fault. Crews extinguished the fire, checked for hotspots, and dampened down the area using two breathing apparatus sets, a hose reel jet, and a thermal imaging camera.
Also on Saturday night, crews from Scarborough and Filey responded to a report of a caravan on fire. The fire had been extinguished before the fire service arrived, and crews used a thermal imaging camera to ensure the fire was completely out. A crew from Scarborough later assisted the Ambulance Service with the difficult extrication of a person from a property.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, following a call from a neighbour in Scarborough, a crew investigated a fire alarm activation which was discovered to be a pan on fire on a hob. The fire crew woke the occupant and extinguished the pan fire using water from the tap.
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