Three crews tackled a fire in a stubble field which was believed to have been started deliberately.
The alarm was raised at about 4.45pm on Saturday, July 25 with firefighters from Tadcaster, Selby, and Pontefract rushing to the scene on Garden Lane, in Sherburn in Elmet.
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A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue said the stubble field fire was "believed to have been caused deliberately".
"The fire measured 100m by 30m and was spreading towards a recycling centre.
"Crews extinguished it using two hose reels and some farm machinery."
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