Property fire

Fire Control received several calls to reports of a fire at a property in Wellington.

2 fire engines from Wellington were sent initially and once in attendance, crews confirmed this to be a fire in the kitchen and requested a further 2 fire engines, 1 from Taunton and the other from Wivesliscombe.

Crews got to work with 2 breathing apparatus wearers, 1 hose reel jet and a thermal imaging camera.  An ambulance was requested from scene to check over 1 occupant, suffering with slight smoke inhalation.

This was a fire in the ground floor kitchen of a flat, consisting of 2 floors, with 4 flats in the block.  All persons were accounted for.  The fire was extinguished using 4 breathing apparatus wearers, 1 hose reel jet, 1 safety jet and a thermal imaging camera.  The kitchen suffered approx 10% fire damage and the rest of the property sustained approx 45% smoke damage.  Ambulance attended to check over one occupant for smoke inhalation.

The cause was accidental.