North Yorkshire firefighters called out over hot cross buns, cooking fumes and a noisy electric toothbrush

Arriving at the scene of a suspected fire only to find it was a false alarm is a regular occurrence for the region's firefighters.

Cooking fumes and burning food are often the cause of alarms sounding or the smell of smoke as call-outs in North Yorkshire last night prove.

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Crews were mobilised to an address in Scarborough at around 7.10pm when fumes from cooking triggered a fire alarm, and 12 hot cross buns left unattended in an oven were behind the reported smell of smoke in a property in Great Ouseburn shortly before 7.45pm.

More unusual was the call-out to a Whitby property at 2.50am this morning when the occupant reported a smell of smoke and a strange noise coming from an electric fan.

Investigations at the scene established it was another false alarm, this time due to the noise of an electric toothbrush.

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But amid the false alarms, there are also incidents which could have developed into serious fires if left ignored.

The service received a call just after 6.15am this morning to reports of a strange smell in premises in Richmond.

Firefighters found it was due to sparks and smoke from a faulty fridge, which needed to be isolated and removed.