TWO people have been taken to hospital following a house fire in Norton yesterday.
Firefighters from Malton, Pickering and Huntington were called to the blaze at 6.29pm yesterday to the fire at a property in Hambleton Road.
The crews used breathing apparatus, two hose reel jets and two main jets to extinguish the fire.
Police and ambulance services also attended the scene and a female occupant and male passer-by were taken to hospital suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation.
The emergency services left the scene at 9.45pm and are expected to return tomorrow for further investigations.
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