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A Harrogate commercial drone operator who spotted smoke in the distance has sent the Harrogate Advertiser a dramatic photograph of what he believes was from an incident reported by North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service earlier in the week.

Tom Howden, an aerial photographer and videographer who owns Harrogate-based firm Aerosnap, said he was filming some B roll* in the town centre for a client between 5am and 6am yesterday morning, Tuesday, when he noticed the smoke in the background.

A Civil Aviation Authority registered commercial drone operator, Mr Holland says the direction of the plumes of smoke was coming from the area of Shaws Caravan Park, a residential park home estate on Knaresborough Road.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service sent crews from Harrogate and Knaresborough to respond to reports of a fire in a static caravan at the trailer park that morning.

The picture of the smoke coming from the direction of Knaresborough Road taken by Tom Howden, a Harrogate-based aerial photographer and videographer. (Picture courtesy of Aerosnap)

More information on Aerosnap at: www.aerosnap.co.uk

*In video production, B-roll footage is the secondary video footage shot outside of the primary (or A-roll) footage which is often spliced together with the main footage to illustrate a point.

Harrogate-based aerial photographer gets a bird’s-eye view of smoke from reported fire