Incident
Property fire
Date
8.10pm - 12 April 2023
Last updated
11.36pm - 12 April 2023
Status
Closed
Incident type
Domestic
Location
Yeovil
Attending station
Yeovil
Two fire engines from Yeovil and one from Sherborne attended a property after a call reporting a fire in a kitchen.
On arrival the crews confirmed there was smoke issuing from the ground floor flat and got to work with 2 breathing apparatus wearers.
The detached property measuring 8m by 8m consisted of 4 flats. There was a fire extinguished by the fire service in the ground floor flat confined to the kitchen area after a pan had been left on the hob unattended. There was 100% smoke damage and 20% fire damage. A thermal imagine camera, positive pressure ventilation fan and gas detector were also used along with the breathing apparatus and hose reel jet.
All person were accounted for.