Firefighters tackled Dutch barn blaze
Fire crews from Darlington and North Allerton were called to a Dutch barn on fire on Jolby Lane, Crofton-on-Tees, near Richmond.
The first reports of the fire were made shortly after midnight.
A spokesman for North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said the blaze involved around 30 tons of straw and that by 7am it was under control.
The cause of the fire is thought to have been deliberate.