Incident
Outdoor fire
Date
9.06am - 27 August 2022
Last updated
11.56pm - 03 September 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
In the open (small)
Location
North Bovey
Attending station
Okehampton
Bovey Tracey
Chagford
Local crews were alerted following a call to Fire Control informing of an underground fire at a plantation. Upon arrival crews requested that an All Terrain Vehicle also be mobilised for access and a second Fire Engine for water.
Throughout the incident crews used the following equipment:
- One extended hose reel jet
- One fog spike
- One thermal image camera
They confirmed that an area of 5 metres by 5 metres had been burning underground and had spread to trees.
The cause of this fire is believed to be deliberate.