FIREFIGHTERS were called to reports of a chimney fire in a Ryedale village last night.

A crew from the Kirkbymoorside fire station went to the scene in the village of Salton, south of Kirkbymoorside, at 7.43pm.

The crew extinguished the chimney fire by removing a wood burning stove. They then checked for hotspots with a thermal camera.

The cause of the fire was an accumulation of soot.