Property fire

Fire control received multiple calls to a fire within a carport under a block of flats in the Barnstaple area.

Control mobilised 2 fire appliance and an Aerial Ladder Platform from Barnstaple and a fire appliance from Braunton.

Once on scene, crews confirmed that a fire was within a car port involving a private vehicle, refuse bins and a running machine. Attempts were being made to extinguish using 2 Breathing apparatus, 1 Hose Reel Jet and 1 safety jet. Crews also got 1 Positive Pressure Ventilation fan to work to clear smoke logging in flats above fire.

Crews fully extinguished the fire which caused 10% fire damage to car, 100% fire damage to running machine and 50% smoke damage to car port. 

Crews deemed this to be deliberate and passed details over to police.

These are the full and final details.