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Oct 2023
Firefighters tackle Harrogate hospital fire, A1 crash and barn blaze
A toaster fire at Harrogate District Hospital proved to be just the start of an incident-packed day for local firefighters yesterday.
Crews from Harrogate and Knaresborough were called to the hospital on Lancaster Park Road at 8am.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service's incident report said:
"The fire originated in an industrial rotating toaster, and caused 25% fire damage to the kitchen, and light smoke logging to a communal area."
It proved to be the first of several call-outs yesterday.
Teen rescued from car
At 11.07am, firefighters from Boroughbridge and Ripon rushed to a single vehicle car crash at Skelton Road in Boroughbridge where a Peugout 206 had careered off the road.
Crews used an electric saw to get into the vehicle through the windscreen and free a female driver. who was described as "approximately 17" in the incident report. It added:
"The female was uninjured and left in the care of the air ambulance service."
Two-car crash on A1
The A1 at Boroughbridge
At 12.14pm, crews from Ripon, Boroughbridge and Northallerton responded to reports of a Hyundai and an Audi colliding between junctions 48 and 49 on the northbound A1(M).
The incident report said:
"All occupants of the vehicles were out on arrival. The female driver of the Hyundai, aged approximately 40s, suffered superficial injuries only.
"The male driver, and female passenger of the Audi, both aged approximately 50s, were uninjured. Crews used a turfer winch to remove the vehicles to a safe location."
Barn fire in Spofforth
At 1.59pm, Harrogate firefighters were back out again. This time they were joined by a crew from Wetherby to a barn fire at Park Lane in Spofforth.
Water bowsers from Tadcaster and Boroughbridge also responded.
The incident report said the barn, which measured about 40 metres by 20 metres, contained straw and the incident was still ongoing by late afternoon.
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