Firefighters were called to a bin on fire by the harbour side, on Battery Parade, Whitby.
The incident happened just after midnight, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
A crew from Whitby responded to reports of a bin on fire.
This was caused by a dropped cigarette.
Officers used one hose reel jet to extinguish the fire.
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Carbon Monoxide poisoning remains a primary line of enquiry following the deaths of two teenagers at the Little Eden Holiday Park last week.
Residents across the East Riding of Yorkshire are set to see a significant improvement in the condition of their local roads following a decision by the council to increase the highways budget.
The town council says ‘ALL realistic avenues’ for replacing Whitby’s Whale Bone Arch with real whale bones have been exhausted.
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