SIX fire engines were sent to fight a fire in a large farm building in North Yorkshire last night. 

The fire started at about 10pm  at Carlton Husthwaite, near Easingwold, where firefighters found a large building, measuring 60 metres by 60 metres, well alight.

The building was being used to store potatoes and farm machinery. 

The fire was out by 5.40am. The cause is not yet known.