Incident
Property fire
Date
7.37pm - 17 October 2022
Last updated
11.56pm - 24 October 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Commercial / industrial
Location
Bideford
Attending station
Barnstaple
Appledore
Bideford
Crews attended a machine on fire in a commercial property. Crews arrived on scene and entered the building in breathing apparatus. The fire was confirmed to be involving a large electrical lathe. The fire was extinguished, and crews checked the property over. Crews used a total of 4 breathing apparatus, 2 hose reel jets, 1 covering jet, 1 thermal imaging camera, 1 gas monitor and small tools at the incident. The cause of the fire was accidental, and damage was confined to the extraction system.