Incident Summary – 28th December- Night Shift

Published 29th Dec 2025
17:49 – Wilsill

Crews from Lofthouse and Harrogate were mobilised to an incident involving a shed fire at the rear of a property. Crews used one hose reel jet to extinguish the fire as well as lighting and 1 breathing apparatus.

18:23 – Balfour street, York

Crews from Acomb attended an incident involving a small fire in the open that consisted of cardboard. Crews used 2 knapsack sprayers to extinguish the fire.

18:33 – Ripon Road, Harrogate

A crew from Harrogate were mobilised to an incident involving 4 people trapped in a lift. The people were out on crews arrival and no action from the fire service was needed.

18:47 – Cromwell Road, York

York’s crew attended an incident involving an automatic fire alarm sounding in a residential property. After inspection, this was found to be a false alarm due to cooking fumes.

19:06 – Doncaster Road, Selby

Crews from Selby were mobilised to an incident involving a house fire. On crews arrival this was found to be a false alarm.

02:41 – Scalby Road, Scarborough

Crews from Scarborough attended a residential property with an automatic fire alarm sounding. After investigating, this was found to be a false alarm due to a possible system fault.

03:59 – Constantine Avenue, Colburn

Richmond’s crew were requested by ambulance to assist with a difficult extrication of a patient. Crews were able to get the patient into the road ambulance and left the incident with paramedics.

04:19 – Fairfield Way, Whitby

A crew from Whitby were mobilised to an incident with an automatic fire alarm sounding at a commercial property. Following a full search of the property, this was found to be a false alarm due to a fault on the system.