Incident
Vehicle fire
Date
9.26am - 27 January 2022
Last updated
10.51am - 27 January 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Large
Location
Shillingford St. George
Attending station
Torquay
Danes Castle
Middlemoor
Fire Control received calls reporting a lorry on fire at the above location. Upon arrival crews confirmed the engine compartment of a refuse lorry to be on fire and extinguished using 2 breathing apparatus, 1 CAFS jet, 1 hose reel jet, 1 thermal imaging camera and small tools. The engine compartment was approximately 20% damaged by fire and this incident is believed to be accidental. These are the full and final details.