Incident
Vehicle fire
Date
6.13pm - 20 February 2023
Last updated
7.41pm - 20 February 2023
Status
Closed
Incident type
Small
Location
Puriton
Attending station
Bridgwater
Fire Control received multiple calls to reports of a vehicle on fire on the Dunball Roundabout just off the M5 at junction 23 this evening.
One fire engine from our Bridgwater station was immediately mobilised. On arrival crews confirmed this vehicle to be well alight and set to work with two firefighters wearing breathing apparatus and two hose reel jets.
The vehicle has sustained 90% damage by fire and crews are currently still on scene damping down to prevent re-ignition.
Police are also on scene assisting with traffic management and our crews remain assisting them with this.
The cause of the fire was accidental.
These are the final details for this incident.