Sparks flying from the roof of a property in Scarborough's Castle Road last night prompted a call to the fire service.
Firefighters used a ladder to climb up, and discovered that the problem was a 'faulty anti seagull wire' - which had got so covered in seagull poo it was giving off electrical sparks.
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