TWO fires have been deliberately started in the same road in a North Yorkshire town.
The county's fire and rescue service said a tactical rescue vehicle crew was called to Barrowcliff Road in Scarborough twice in the space of 90 minutes yesterday evening (Thursday, September 10).
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Police have been called in to investigate both fires.
A service spokesperson said: "At 6.07pm the crew responded to reports of a fire that had been deliberately set and left abandoned in a wooded area.
"Crews extinguished the fire using a knapsack sprayer and small tools.
"At 7.25pm the crew was mobilised to reports of a deliberate fire being set.
"On their arrival, the fire was still smouldering, crew power was used to extinguish it."
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