Incident
Property fire
Date
8.41pm - 17 October 2022
Last updated
11.56pm - 24 October 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Retail /public building
Location
Burlescombe
Attending station
Cullompton
Tiverton
Taunton
Wellington
Crews attended a commercial single storey timber property where smoke was reported in the building. All persons were accounted for. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the building and extinguished 1 fire involving a wall mounted heater. Crews used a total of 4 breathing apparatus, 2 hose reel jets, 1 safety jet, 1 positive pressure fan and 2 thermal imaging cameras at the incident. The cause was accidental, and the building suffered smoke and fire damage.