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Youths blamed for fire in York wood

Acomb Wood, off Acomb Wood Drive, York. Photograph: YorkMix
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Firefighters say youths are to blame for a fire in a Acomb last night (Sunday).

Crews were called out to reports of a fire in woodland off Acomb Wood Drive at 6.07pm.

A North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service spokesperson said: “The crews extinguished the fire using 1 hose reel jet with the cause believed to be deliberate by youths.”

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