Fire service kept busy on Valentine's Day with multiple call-outs to Whitby
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (NYFRS) attended multiple call-outs to the Whitby area on Valentine’s Day (February 14).
At 15:12pm, crews from Whitby and Robin Hoods Bay responded to a derelict building which was on fire.
The building was located on California Road in Whitby.
Crews extinguished the fire and dampened down the affected area using one hose reel jet, two breathing apparatus and a thermal imaging camera. Later that day, at 17:15pm, Whitby crews responded to a vehicle fire involving an Audi TT. the vehicle was located on Love Lane in Whitby and the cause of the fire is a suspected mechanical issue.
The vehicle was destroyed by fire and crews used hose reels to extinguish the flames.