Cropton Forest Fire
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Cropton Forest Fire
Image: © Andy Beecroft Taken: 3 Jun 2010
Probably a carelessly discarded cigarette caused this fire. Whilst we sat and watched from the top of the Rosedale Chimney road over two miles away, the brown smoke turned white to steam as the fire was just about doused. Presumably, the firemen ran out of water for a while as the thick smoke built up once again. This happened several times over a period of about an hour until the fire was finally put out. On the regional news that evening, it was said that the nearby campsite had had to be evacuated of its 250 occupants whilst the fire was extinguished..... all of this probably due to one cigarette!
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Image Location
Latitude
54.316725
Longitude
-0.837809