Firefighters called to reports of blaze in Broxa Forest near Scarborough

Scarborough firefighters were called out to reports of a fire sighted in woodland at Broxa Forest.

This was found to be a small campfire, which crews extinguished and dampened down using a knapsack sprayer and bucket of water.

The incident happened at Broxa Forest, five miles from Scarborough, at 1.20pm on Tuesday April 28.

A crew from Scarborough was also called to a fire sighted in the open at Eastfield around an hour later.

This was found to be smouldering grass which was out on arrival and crews used water from a hose reel jet to dampen down the area.

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