Incident
Outdoor fire
Date
9.59am - 14 August 2022
Last updated
11.56pm - 21 August 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Heathland / moorland
Location
Ilfracombe
Attending station
Barnstaple
Ilfracombe
Braunton
Combe Martin
Lynton
Fire Control received a call reporting scrubland on fire near Mullacott Cross, near Ilfracombe. 3 fire engines from Ilfracombe, Braunton and Combe Martin as well as a Water Bowser from Barnstaple, and all terrain vehicles from Lynton and Porlock were mobilised.
Upon arrival fire crews confirmed an area of gorse measuring 50 metres by 50 metres smouldering approximately half a mile from the roadway. Fire crews damped down the area using off road vehicles and a hose reel jet.