FIREFIGHTERS were called to a hedge on fire in Helperthorpe last night.
Crews from Sherburn received the call just after 9pm.
A spokesman for North Yorkshire Fire Service said they attended "a hedge which had set alight at a residential property due to hot embers being placed near to it".
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