Driver puts BBQ in car boot during North Yorkshire incident

Fire crews from North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to Station Road in Grassington on Sunday (May 24) at around 7.10pm, following reports of a fire involving a BBQ in the boot of a car.

According to the fire service, when they arrived, the BBQ had been removed from the car into the open air by the people in the car.

No one was injured during the incident, and the car wasn’t impacted by the fire.

Firefighters from Grassington extinguished the fire in the BBQ and left the scene shortly after.

A spokesperson for the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “A crew from Grassington responded to reports of a BBQ on fire on a pavement.

“This was a fire to a BBQ which had been put in a cardboard box in the boot of a car.

“On discovery, the occupants had removed the box and BBQ to the open air.

“The car was not impacted by the fire. Crews used a hose reel jet to extinguish.”

This was the second incident involving a BBQ in Grassington on Sunday, after firefighters also attended an incident in woodland at around 8.30pm.

This particular fire was damped down using knapsack sprayers.