North Yorkshire firefighters called to commercial premises fires in Malton and Scarborough

On the evening of Friday January 28 at 9.30pm, crews attended a fire at a premises on Derwent Road in Malton.

Malton crew were mobilised to reports of an automatic fire alarm sounding in an industrial unit.

On arrival crews confirmed a small fire involving a industrial oven containing plastic.

Crews removed the contents of the oven outside and ventilated the building using a positive pressure fan.

The cause of the fire was accidental.

On Saturday, January 29 at 12:19 firefighters were called to an incident on Westborough in Scarborough.

Crews from Sherburn and Filey responded to a report of smoke in a commercial building.

They found this to be caused by a fire inside wood panelling on the exterior of the property.

Crews removed the panelling to access and extinguish the fire.

Crews also ventilated the property to clear light smoke logging.