FIRE crews have been called to two large-scale fires involving bales of straw and hay tonight.
In the latest incident, a large quantity of straw bales are on fire at Eryholme, near Darlington.
Two crews from Northallerton, one from Yarm and one from Darlington were called to the scene at 11.37pm.
A spokeswoman for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue described it as a large fire.
Earlier in the evening, crews from Cleveland Fire Brigade were called to a separate blaze involving more than 2,000 hay bales at a farm near Elwick, Hartlepool, at 8.45pm.
At one stage there were four fire crews fighting the flames, but there are now just two crews on scene damping down.
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