Fire crews were called out for the second time in a month to a blaze at the Yorkshire Farming Museum at Murton, near York.

A pig and two goats were rescued unhurt from the fire which destroyed two earth and straw Viking huts, one of which was a longhouse.

Firefighters from York and Acomb were called out shortly after 4am on Sunday to Danelaw village, formerly known as Houlgate village. Three huts in the replica Viking compound were torched in an arson attack in October.

A spokeswoman for the fire service said that an investigation into Sunday's blaze would be carried out, and that arson had not been ruled out.

Pat Worker, who works at the museum, said: "We are absolutely devastated that something like this could happen again. But it's business as usual as far as we are concerned, the children will be on site. It's not going to get us down."

The longhouse took staff and volunteers six months to build and was finished only a year ago. Ken Brown, who works at the museum, was injured by a boar as it was released from its pen because of the fire. Mr Brown received stitches for a deep cut to his leg.

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