Incident
Property fire
Date
9.13am - 05 December 2022
Last updated
11.36pm - 05 December 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Domestic
Location
West Coker
Attending station
Yeovil
Fire Control sent 2 fire engines to reports of a fire in a property.
On arrival, crews confirmed the property to be smoke logged and all persons accounted for. Crews carried out investigations to where the cause of the smoke was coming from.
This was a 2 storey property, the fire was confined to an external air vent from a log burner. It was extinguished by 2 breathing apparatus wearers, 1 thermal imaging camera, 1 hose reel jet and 1 safety jet. Fire Crews administered oxygen therapy as a precautionary measure to one occupant.
The smoke caused approx 20% damage to the property.