FIREFIGHTERS are currently tackling a barn blaze.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called out at 2.15pm today to a property at Sutton under Whitestonecliffe near Thirsk.

A spokesman for the service said: "A number of crews are in attendance at a barn containing a vehicle and cylinders on fire.

"The last update from crews said the fire has been extinguished and crews continue to dampen down, but the incident is on-going."