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.

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