Incident
Property fire
Date
10.07pm - 16 September 2021
Last updated
11.58pm - 16 September 2021
Status
Closed
Incident type
Retail /public building
Location
Mincinglake & Whipton
Attending station
Danes Castle
Middlemoor
One appliance was sent to fire alarms activating at a retail premises. On arrival crews confirmed a fire at the property and requested a second appliance as back up. Crews used two breathing apparatus and one hose reel jet on a fire in the ground floor toilet, involving the extractor fan.
Crews ventilated the property using a positive pressure fan, along with one ladder, small tools and a thermal imaging camera. The property, used as a betting shop was severely damaged by smoke, and moderately by fire.