Incident
Vehicle fire
Date
11.47am - 21 July 2021
Last updated
1.21pm - 22 July 2021
Status
Closed
Incident type
Large
Location
Alphington
Attending station
Danes Castle
Middlemoor
Fire control received a report of a recycling lorry on fire. Crews from Danes Castle and Middlemoor were mobilised and upon arrival confirmed there was a fire in the rear compartment of the vehicle.
Crews used one hose reel jet to extinguish the fire. The cause of the fire was accidental.