Knaresborough firefighters tackle blaze on top of eight-foot telegraph pole in Boroughbridge
Firefighters were called to tackle an unusual blaze in the early hours of Wednesday morning (December 31)
Knaresborough crews were called at 4.47am, to a fire at the top of an eight foot telegraph pole in Spring Gardens, Boroughbridge.
Crews pitched a triple exterior ladder and extinguished the fire using a dry powder extinguisher.
A thermal check using a thermal imaging camera was conducted after to confirm the fire was fully extinguished.
The incident was then left with an electrical engineer en route to inspect superficial fire damage to electrical housing and restore power to local residents.