Incident
Vehicle fire
Date
1.36am - 27 August 2021
Last updated
10.19pm - 02 September 2021
Status
Closed
Incident type
Small
Location
Horwood, Lovacott and Newton Tracey
Attending station
Barnstaple
Bideford
In the early hours of this morning fire control received multiple requests for attendance and an RTC on the A39 for a 2 vehicle RTC which caused the vehicles to ignite.
On arrival the incident commander confirmed a 2 vehicle RTC and both vehicles well alight, and got to work to extinguish the fire.
A short while later the incident commander confirmed that the fire to be out, crews used 2 Breathing apparatus, 1 Thermal imaging camera and 1 hose reel jet to extinguish the fire.
The casualties were left in the hands of the ambulance service and the road is set te closed for a while after.