Incident

Property fire

Date
2.32am - 05 July 2021
Last updated
12.36pm - 11 July 2021
Status
Closed
Incident type
Agricultural
Location
North Tawton
Attending station
Hatherleigh
North Tawton
Okehampton
South Molton
Torrington
Chagford
Danes Castle
Crediton
Tavistock

Fire Control received calls reporting a barn on fire and quickly mobilised crews from North Tawton, Okehampton and the water carrier from Danes Castle.

Upon arrival crews confirmed one barn to be fully involved in fire with a large amount of hay and machinery inside. The Incident Commander then made pumps three for water with this appliance coming from Hatherleigh. Crews got to work to extinguish and remove the contents within the barn being assisted by the site owner.

Crews remained on scene over night and scaled down to two pumps at 0600. CAFS was being used as well as a controlled burn approach to contain the fire from spreading further a field. Rolling relief crews were mobilised from early morning and through out the day from Chagford, Crediton, Danes Castle and Okehampton.

A single crew from Chagford now remain on scene this evening still carrying out a watching brief and preventing any escalation from occurring.

Equipment used:

  • 1 CAFS jet
  • 2 Covering jets
  • 2 Attack jets
  • Thermal imaging camera
  • 2 positive pressure ventilation fans
  • Drag forks

Update 04:30 06-Jul-2021

We currently have one crew from North Tawton in attendance maintaining a watching brief.