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24

Jan 2024

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Firefighters reveal cause of today's fire at Bettys and Taylors in Harrogate

Published: 24 Jan 2024, 17:23 GMT

by Flora Grafton

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Firefighters have revealed the cause of a fire which occurred at Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate, on Plumpton Park, this morning.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service's incident report said crews from Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon, Tadcaster and Wetherby were called to the scene at 7.38am.

The Stray Ferret reported on developments as they happened at the scene.

This evening's incident report said the fire “started in a tea silo before spreading in to the dust extraction vents”, adding:

“This was caused during the hot process where a piece of filter paper ignited.
“Crews used six breathing apparatus and one hose reel jet to extinguish the fire in the ducting in the roof.”


Crews then carried out a full inspection to ensure the fire was extinguished, the report added.

A spokesperson for Bettys & Taylors said at the time the premises were fully evacuated and no one had been injured.

Asked for further details later, they said:

“We can confirm this was a small, contained fire at our Taylors production facility which was quickly put out by the fire services who left our site a while ago. Everyone was evacuated safely.
“We’re now in the process of putting our well-drilled procedures in place to get our operations back up and running.”





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