Incident
Vehicle fire
Date
3.24pm - 07 August 2022
Last updated
11.56pm - 14 August 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Large
Location
Ashreigney
Attending station
Barnstaple
Torrington
Fire Control received a call to a combine harvester on fire at Dolton Beacon. Two fire engines from Torrington and Barnstaple and a water carrier from Barnstaple were mobilised.
Fire crews confirmed a small fire located in the undercarriage of the combine harvester. The fire was out on arrival but fire crews cooled and monitored the vehicle using 1 hose reel jet and a thermal imaging camera. The cause of the fire is believed to accidental.