Traffic collision, smoking manhole and kitchen fire: North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service have busy weekend on Yorkshire coast

On Friday January 23, crews from Filey and Scarborough responded to a single vehicle road traffic collision on Stonegate in Hunmanby.

The incident happened at approximately 2:21pm. On arrival, the driver was still in the vehicle but with assistance from crews the driver was able to exit the vehicle.

Crews used one triple extension ladder and rope rachets to stabilise the vehicle and isolated the low voltage system. The police and ambulance were also in attendance and the driver was taken to hospital via road ambulance as a precautionary measure.

An incident occurred on Sunday, January 25 at Hutton Mulgrave Woods at approximately 1:40pm. Crews from Whitby, Danby and Lythe attended with police to a member of the public stuck within the woods. The casualty was rescued on arrival of Fire Service and no further action was required.

At 2pm later that day, the Malton crew was called to Beverley Road in Norton after a report of a manhole cover smoking in the street. This was confirmed to be an electrical fault being worked on and incident was referred back to the Northern Power Grid.

Another incident happened at 3:55pm on Sunday, after crews from Malton and Sherburn attended a call out on Britannia Street in Scarborough.

The crews mobilised after reports of a kitchen fire within a residential property. The fire was out on arrival which had started within the oven, and advice was given to occupants.