Incident
Property fire
Date
12.40pm - 28 August 2022
Last updated
11.56pm - 04 September 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Domestic
Location
Sandford
Attending station
Danes Castle
Witheridge
Middlemoor
The Fire Service received calls to a fire in the living room of a domestic property in Sandford, near Crediton. Three fire engines from Danes Castle, Exeter, Middlemoor, Exeter and Witheridge attended.
Fire crews confirmed a fire involving the front room on the ground floor of a mid-terraced property measuring 8 metres by 6 metres. Approximately 60% of the ground floor front room was damaged by fire and heat; and 80% of the property was damaged by smoke. The fire was extinguished by fire crews using 2 breathing apparatus wearers, 1 hose reel jet, a positive pressure ventilation fan, a safety jet and a thermal image camera.
The cause of the fire is believed to be accidental.