Walker alerts fire service to field fire

A walker alerted the fire service to a fire in fields near Stokesley.

The incident in fields behind the Stripe was reported at about 2.45pm yesterday.

A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “A crew from Stokesley responded to an emergency call made by a walker who had spotted a fire in the open that was threatening to catch onto nearby shrubs.

“Upon arrival crews used a hose reel jet to extinguish the fire, which measured approximately two by ten metres, and consisted of grassland.”

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