Incident
Property fire
Date
1.18pm - 13 March 2023
Last updated
8.56pm - 14 March 2023
Status
Closed
Incident type
Derelict building
Location
East Brent
Attending station
Crediton
Taunton
Bridgwater
Burnham On Sea
Nether Stowey
Street
Wellington
Yeovil
Cheddar
Shepton Mallet
Fire service received calls to a derelict building on fire. On arrival crews confirmed smoke issuing and got to work with 1 main jet.
Crews then requested assistance from a further 3 fire appliances and 2 water carriers. Firefighting increased to 3 main jets to tackle the blaze.
At 14:05 crews reported fire breaking through the roof of the building and increased main jets to 4 with 1 breathing apparatus wearer.
At 15:23 crews reported majority of fire extinguished and dampening down hot spots.
Incident is beginning to scale down, these details will be updated.