The North Yorkshire fire service attended a fire cover 2500 Square metres of heather at Brimham Rocks, between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge on 16th April 2011.
Fire appliances attended from Summerbridge, Ripon and Harrogate at just after 5pm and it took until 6.30pm to bring the fire under control.
The fire service believe that the fire was started intentionally.