Incident
Property fire
Date
1.36pm - 08 April 2022
Last updated
4.11pm - 08 April 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Domestic
Location
Honiton
Attending station
Honiton
Ottery St Mary
Fire control received several calls of a fire at a property in Hontion. The initial reports suggested that the tumble dryer was on fire in the outbuilding.
The fire was confirmed by crews in the outbuilding, joined to the main property where there was a fire involving a washing machine, two tumble dryers and a fridge freezer which were all removed to open air by fire crews.
Crews used 4 breathing apparatus, 2 hose reel jets, 1 thermal imaging camera, and a positive ventilation fan to deal with the incident.
The cause of the fire was accidental. These are the full details.