Incident
Property fire
Date
11.28am - 23 July 2023
Last updated
5.37pm - 23 July 2023
Status
Closed
Incident type
Agricultural
Location
Cockington with Chelston
Attending station
Torquay
Paignton
Totnes
Fire Control received multiple calls for an agricultural barn on fire. On arrival of the crews they confirmed one barn measuring 20M x 20M containing a trailer of hay well alight and requested a fourth fire engine to attend.
Crews are using the following equipment to extinguish the fire:
- Two main jets
- Four breathing apparatus
- One hose reel jet
Update 13:06pm - Steady progress is being made. The trailer of hay is being removed from the barn and farm machinery is being used to turn over and damp down the hay.
Update 13:21pm - This incident is now being scaled back to two fire engines.
The cause is believed to be accidental. All appliances have now come away from this incident.