Firefighters tackle houseboat blaze near York

11:31pm Monday 25th February 2013 in News Photograph of the Author By Mike Laycock, Chief reporter

FIREFIGHTERS have tonight tackled a blaze on a houseboat moored on the River Ouse near York.

A spokesnan for North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said the fire was believed to have been caused by radiated heat from an incorrectly fitted flue on a log burner.

He said 20 per cent of the boat, which was moored in Ferry Lane, |Bishopthorpe, suffered fire damage but no one was injured.

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