Updated: This is all that’s left after a fierce barn fire near Selby

Fire crews have spent the night battling a blaze at a barn near Selby.

Firefighters from Selby, York and Tadcaster were involved in the response to the fire at Cliffe, reported at 7.26pm. It contained about 550 bales of straw bales and farm machinery.

Support was also being provided by Humberside Fire and Rescue from Goole.

Bob Hoskins of North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said no persons or animals were been injured.

Along with the farmer, firefighters managed to remove the equipment. Crews then set up ground water monitors and hose reels to fire the fire and protect nearby structures.

By 8.24am (Monday) the response was scaled down to one on-call appliance from Selby.