SUNLIGHT is believed to have started a fire that engulfed two large sheds and a trailer tent on allotments off Broughton Road, Malton.
All three structures were totally destroyed them yesterday morning.
Firefighters from Malton, Pickering and York dealt with the blaze that also spread to a third shed, which suffered some damage.
They said the cause was sunlight refracted inside one of the sheds.
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