Fire crews attend 'deliberately started' rubbish fire
A FIRE crew has attended a fire in Malton which was believed to have been started deliberately.
The crew, from Malton station, were called at 10.25pm last night to the site at Braygate Street.
A fire spokesperson said it was burning in the open, and that someone had deliberately set fire to rubbish and building materials.
The firemen extinguished it using a hose reel jet.
In a separate callout last night, crews from Pickering and Malton were called at 7.37pm to a bailer on fire on Whitbygate, Thornton-le-Dale.
A fire spokesperson said it had started when the baler overheated.
The baler suffered total fire damage.
Crews extinguished the fire using breathing apparatus, a hose reel jet and small tools.
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