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Firefighters and farmers have joined forces to battle a large field fire in North Yorkshire.
Six fire crews from across North and East Yorkshire are on the scene in Hunmanby, near Filey, on Sunday afternoon (August 9).
Firefighters and farmers join forces to tackle the large field fire in Hunmanby, near Filey, on Sunday (August 9)
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North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was first called to the fire at a stubble field shortly before 12.50pm.
“Crews are currently working to get the fire under control. The fire is now surrounded,” a service spokesperson said.
Photographs on social media show smoke rising from the field with fire spreading to several bale stacks.
The incident comes after firefighters and farmers worked to extinguish a large field fire in Duggleby, near Malton, on Saturday night.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said that fire measured around 150m x 100m and was to a stubble and standing crop field.
Farm machinery was used to make fire breaks at the blaze in Duggleby which was then extinguished by the firefighters, the service said.