Property fire:Residential; PL19 0; 25-Dec-2022 00:57:14 (https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/incidents/property-fire-2022-12-25-00-57)

Incident

Property fire

Date
12.57am - 25 December 2022
Last updated
5.01am - 25 December 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Residential
Location
Tavistock
Attending station
Crownhill
Greenbank
Tavistock
Yelverton

Fire control received a report of a possible fire within a flat with possibly somebody still within the property. 5 fire engines and an aerial ladder platform were immediately sent.

On arrival crews confirmed this was a second storey flat well alight. One occupant had been rescued before our arrival and was being attended to by Paramedics on scene.

Crews used the following to extinguish the fire:

  • 5 breathing apparatus
  • 2 hose reel jets
  • 1 safety jet
  • 1 thermal image camera
  • 1 gas monitor
  • smoke clearance fan

There was 50 per cent fire, smoke and heat damage to the flat and the cause was accidental. 


Source URL: https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/incidents/property-fire-2022-12-25-00-57

List of links present in page
  1. https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/incidents/property-fire-2022-12-25-00-57
  2. https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/safety/home/if-you-have-a-fire
  3. https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/safety/home/home-safety-visits
  4. https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/safety/home/top-ways-reduce-your-risk-having-fire-home