Incident

Property fire

Date
5.58pm - 07 April 2023
Last updated
12.30am - 08 April 2023
Status
Closed
Incident type
Commercial / industrial
Location
Poltimore
Attending station
Torquay
Danes Castle
Middlemoor

Fire Control received calls to reports of a fire involving a vehicle inside a garage.

1 fire engine from Middlemoor Exeter and 2 from Danes Castle Exeter, along with the aerial ladder platform from Torquay were sent to the location.

On arrival, crews confirmed this to be a vehicle within a garage, well alight.  Crews got to work with 1 hose reel jet and 2 breathing apparatus wearers.

Shortly after, the breathing apparatus was increased to 4 wearers and a main jet was put to use.

This was a fire involving a car on a ramp within a commercial garage building, measuring approx 40m by 15m.  Approx 10m of the roof of the building was also involved.  There was approx 80% smoke damage to the building.  The vehicle sustained severe fire damage.  The fire was extinguished using 4 breathing apparatus wearers, 1 main jet, 1 hose reel jet, 1 compressed air foam jet (CAFS) and 2 positive pressure ventilation fans.  The cause was accidental.