RESIDENTS were evacuated from a block of flats last night after a gas leak.

Crews from Scarborough and Malton were called to the block in Grosvenor Crescent, Scarborough, at about 10.15pm.

A spokesman for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said that one woman in her 20s was treated on the scene for sickness and the block was evacuated.

The spokesman added: "Crews isolated gas and ventilated properties. Gas engineer attended site, incident left in their hands."