Sunlight causes house fire in Skipton-on-Swale

Sunlight reflecting on to curtains from a mirror is believed to have caused a house fire in a Hambleton village yesterday.

Firefighters from Richmond, Ripon, Northallerton and Harrogate’s Aerial Ladder Platform were called to the property in Skipton-on-Swale at 1.19pm.

The crews extinguished a fire in a first floor bathroom using two breathing apparatus and a hose reel jet.

The property was then ventilated and advice was given to on-site staff.

A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said the cause of the fire was believed to be due to a mirror reflecting sunlight onto curtains that then ignited.

Be the first to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.


*