Smoking washing machine, unattended pan and oven fire: Scarborough emergency call outs keep Fire Service busy
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (NYFRS) have had a busy 24 hours, with four emergency call outs to the Scarborough area.
On February 2 at 7:46pm crews from Scarborough and Filey were called out to Filey Road in Scarborough after it was reported that a washing machine was smoking. On arrival crews discovered the washing machine had been on fire but had self extinguished. Crews checked for hotspots using the thermal imaging camera, and disconnected the appliance from the power and water supply. Advice was given to the responsible people present.
At 10:56am on February 3, a Scarborough crew attendance automatic alarm sounding on Longwestgate, Scarborough, however this was a false alarm due smoking.
The Scarborough crew was called out yet again at 2:20pm to another alarm sounding on Woodland Walk, Scarborough. This was not a false alarm and had been caused by a by an unattended pan in a residential property.
At 3:48pm the same day Scarborough and Filey crews were called to Park Street, Scarborough due to an oven on fire in a residential property. Crews used hose reel jets and breathing apparatus and positive pressure ventilation fan.