Property fire

Fire engines were mobilised following a number of calls reporting a house fire in Crediton.

Six fire engines attended in total along with an aerial ladder platform and the Incident Command Unit from Honiton.

During the incident crews used:

• Ten breathing apparatus
• One x 135 Ladder
• One x 105 Ladder
• Small tools
• Two thermal image cameras

The final details are that the first floor flat and roof void was 80% damaged by the fire and the ground floor flat was 50% damaged by fire and water damage. The cause is believed to be accidental.