Firefighters from Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon tackle fire which kills 70 pheasants

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service attended to a fire in Ripon on Tuesday morning which killed approximately 70 pheasants.
By Lucy Chappell
Published 9th Aug 2023, 09:29 BST
Updated 9th Aug 2023, 09:41 BST
North Yorkshire firefighters attended to a fire in Ripon on Tuesday morning which killed approximately 70 pheasantsNorth Yorkshire firefighters attended to a fire in Ripon on Tuesday morning which killed approximately 70 pheasants
North Yorkshire firefighters attended to a fire in Ripon on Tuesday morning which killed approximately 70 pheasants

Fire crews from Ripon, Knaresborough and Harrogate responded to a report of a fire to a number of gas cylinders in the village of Aldfield in Ripon at 11.36am yesterday.

Crews located five propane gas cylinders well alight that then spread to a number of nearby pheasant sheds.

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Firefighters extinguished the fire before cooling the cylinders and damping down hotspots.

The fire resulted in 100 per cent fire damage to all of the cylinders and fire damage to a number of the pheasant sheds which killed approximately 70 pheasants.

Related topics:RiponHarrogateKnaresborough

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