Incident
Vehicle fire
Date
9.53am - 11 August 2022
Last updated
11.56pm - 18 August 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Large
Location
Tiverton
Attending station
Danes Castle
Tiverton
Middlemoor
Fire control received multiple calls for a Baler on fire in a field in Tiverton.
1 fire engine from Tiverton, 1 fire engine from Middlemoor and a water carrier from Danes Castle ( Exeter) attended the incident.
On arrival crews confirmed 1 baler well alight, with 2 seats of fire in the field, crews immediately got to work with 1 breathing apparatus, 1 hose, 1 compressed air foam system, 1 triple extension ladder, small tools, beaters and positive pressure ventilation to extinguish the fire.
The baler is 100% damaged by fire and the field sustained 10% fire damage.
This is believed to be accidental