Incident Summary – Monday 3rd February 2025, Night shift

Published 4th Feb 2025

To ensure that people are not identifiable from our incident round-up, we will no longer be providing street names for smaller towns and villages, where incidents have occurred.

17:14 – Knaresborough 

A crew from Knaresborough responded to a report of an alarm activation at a residential property. This was a false alarm due to cooking fumes. Crews ventilated the property.

17:50 – Knaresborough 

A crew from Knaresborough responded to a report of an alarm activation at a residential property. This was a false alarm due to cooking fumes. Crews ventilated the property and gave advice to the occupant.

18:19 – Hinderwell

A crew from Whitby along with a crew from Loftus responded to a report of a chimney fire in a residential property. Crews used chimney rods to extinguish the fire from the hearth before monitoring to ensure there were no remaining hot spots. Advice was given to the occupants.

18:41 – Malton 

Crews from responded to a report of an alarm activation in a residential property where there was also a smell of smoke. Crews carried out a thorough inspection and found this was a false alarm due to cooking fumes. Crews used a positive pressure ventilation fan to clear smoke from the premises and gave advice to a responsible person.

21:11 – Knaresborough 

A crew from Knaresborough responded to a report of an alarm activation at a commercial premises. This was a false alarm due to a fault on the system.

23:15 – York

A Crew from Acomb responded to a fire involving fencing and a tree stump. Crews extinguished the fire using one hose reel. The cause is believed to have been deliberate

23:52 – Selby

A crew from Selby responded to reports of a fire underneath a bridge.  Crews completed a full inspection of the area but were unable to locate a fire this is believed to have been a false alarm.

02:17 – York 

A crew from York responded to a report of an alarm activation at a commercial premises. This was a false alarm due to dust from work being carried out.