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EMERGECNY services rushed to the scene after a car crashed on the A1 yesterday, Tuesday, October 6.
Fire crews from Northallerton and Ripon were called to the single-vehicle crash on the A1 southbound between junctions 51 and 50 at 5.32pm.
The car ended up on its side on the hard shoulder, and ambulance crews attended to the casualties.
A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said: "Firefighters made the scene safe by removing and isolating the vehicle's batteries and isolating the gas.
"They also used small tools and a thermal imaging camera to monitor the temperature of the vehicle and its batteries."
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A residential property on Manor Road, Scarborough, had a false alarm at 8.12pm when cooking fumes set off a fire alarm.
In Harrogate, a crew was dispatched to a residential building on Knaresborough Road at 9.50pm after a carbon monoxide alarm was activated.
The alarm stopped upon the fire service's arrival and did not reactivate during an inspection.
The team also helped with a false alarm at a residential building on Ripon Road at 11.18pm.
A person injured their head while evacuating and was given first aid, with advice to visit Harrogate hospital as a precaution.
In Easingwold, a fire alarm was triggered in a residential property at 6.26am due to steam from the shower, resulting in another false alarm.