A fire in Upper Poppleton in York has been started deliberately (Image: Newsquest)
A FIRE in a York village has been started deliberately.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called at 4.51pm on Tuesday (September 24) after reports of a fire in Upper Poppleton.
A service spokesman said: “Acomb fire crew used beaters and pitchforks to extinguish two piles of straw which had been set alight deliberately.”
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