Incident: Harehills, Leeds

At around 18:00 yesterday (18 July), we were called upon to assist West Yorkshire Police in response to antisocial activities in the Harehills area of Leeds.

During the course of the evening, two fires were ignited. After evaluating the situation and considering the potential danger to our fire crews, it was determined that it was not safe to put out the fires.

We are grateful for the efforts of local community leaders who intervened, enabling us to safely extinguish the fires just after midnight.

We want to assure the public that we were ready to respond promptly if lives or homes were in danger.