Incident
Property fire
Date
4.57pm - 07 July 2021
Last updated
11.35am - 11 July 2021
Status
Closed
Incident type
Domestic
Location
Wiveliscombe
Attending station
Taunton
Wellington
Wiveliscombe
Fire control received a call reporting an electrical box on fire outside a property at the above location.
Control immediately mobilised 3 fir engines, coming from Wiveliscombe and 2 from Wellington.
Once on scene crews confirmed one electrical box involved in fire and immediately got to work using a CO2 extinguisher and 1 Thermal Imaging Camera.
Crews also requested western power to attend due a live cable hanging from the top of the electrical box.
Once the fire was extinguished crews left the incident in the hands of western power.
Cause of the fire was accidental.