At around 7am on 24 January 2024, the fire service were called to the Bettys and Taylors factory on Hookstone Park in Harrogate.
A spokesperson for the company said that the fire alarms operated indicating a fire in the roof space of the Taylors side of the plant, although it is still not entirely clear what the problem is.
It hasn’t been confirmed if it is a genuine fire, or just the alarm systems operating.
All staff were evacuated, and there have been no injuries.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue have 5 units on site.
The incident remains ongoing.
Updated at 14:11 24 Jan 2024
Taylors of Harrogate spokesperson:
We can confirm this was a small, contained fire at our Taylors production facility which was quickly put out by the fire services who left our site a while ago.
Everyone was evacuated safely. We’re now in the process of putting our well-drilled procedures in place to get our operations back up and running.
