Firefighters from Hawes Station utilised specialised wildland tools and local agricultural slurry tankers to extinguish a large fire that threatened adjacent dry pastureland.
Fire safety managers warn that prolonged dry weather across Upper Wensleydale makes open campfires and disposable barbecues extremely hazardous to surrounding moorland and livestock.
Landowners and visitors across Hawes and Bainbridge are being reminded that zero-tolerance wildfire bans remain strictly enforced across all National Park land.
