Busy day of call outs for Scarborough fire crews

At 9.01am, the crews responded to a hedge on fire with a domestic garden at Dale Edge, Eastfield. Crews extinguished the fire using a hose reel jet.

At 10.40am the crew were in action again, this time near Dunslow Road, Eastfield, when, along with the Filey crew, they responded to a two vehicle road traffic collision.

All persons were out on their arrival and crews assisted police with making the scene safe only.

No injuries were reported at the incident.

At 5.42pm, Scarborough crews extinguished an unsupervised bonfire in Suffield measuring five metres by five metres. One hose reel jet was used to extinguish. There were no responsible persons in attendance to give advice.

At 7.05pm, the crew attended the area on Marine Drive to investigate following a report of a campfire in what was believed to be in an unsafe area. However, on arrival of fire crews, this was confirmed to be a small barbeque, under supervision and with no risk of fire spread. Advice given, no action.

Just five minutes later, at 7.10pm, the crew attended an area of grassland in Newby and extinguished a small fire using a bucket of water. Cause unknown, no persons present.

At 2.20am on Wednesday morning (August 26) both Scarborough appliances responded to a boiler fire within a residential property at Crossgates. The fire was out on arrival of crews and had remained contained, a knapsack sprayer was used to cool down the boiler. Advice was given to the homeowner.