North Yorkshire firefighters respond to HGV lorry on fire on major road in Harrogate district

Crews from Thirsk and Ripon were called to the A168 near Dishforth at 9.34pm on Wednesday (29 December) to a Heavy Good Vehicle with its brakes on fire.

The fire was out on the arrival of the fire service.

The North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service incident log said: “Crews used a hose reel jet to dampen down the brakes and used a thermal imagining camera to check for no remaining heat spots on the vehicle.”