Incident
Property fire
Date
12.15pm - 24 June 2023
Last updated
11.37pm - 24 June 2023
Status
Closed
Incident type
Domestic
Location
Salcombe
Attending station
Kingsbridge
Ivybridge
Fire Control received several calls to a domestic property with smoke coming out of the guttering and roof space in the Shadycombe Road area of Torquay.
Crews from Kingsbridge and Ivybridge were mobilised alongside with an officer.
Crews were able to confirm this was a fire involving light fittings and materials stored in the loft space and used 2x breathing apparatus, 1x hose reel jet, 1x safety jet, 1x triple extension ladder, small tools and a thermal imaging camera to extinguish the fire.
The cause of the fire was accidental.