Firefighters tackle blazes in two flats in Scarborough

Firefighters were called after a washing machine caught fire in a Scarborough flat.
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The crews from Scarborough and Filey went to the home in a high-rise building on Weaponness Park at 10.34am on Thursday.

They used breathing apparatus while they put out the fire.

It is believed to have been caused by an electrical fault.

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The following day, firefighters from Scarborough, Pickering and Whitby were called to another flat in a high-rise block in Scarborough, to reports of a kitchen fire.

The team, alerted at 9.51am on Friday, put out the blaze on the ground floor and ventilated the home.

Nobody was in the flat when crews arrived.