Incident
Property fire
Date
3.19am - 03 October 2023
Last updated
10.01am - 11 October 2023
Status
Closed
Incident type
Commercial / industrial
Location
Priorswood
Attending station
Newton Abbot
Danes Castle
Exmouth
Ottery St Mary
Witheridge
Ivybridge
Clyst St George
Taunton
Bridgwater
Glastonbury
Minehead
Street
Wellington
Williton
Wiveliscombe
Yeovil
Ilminster
Martock
Control received a call from a fire alarm company to reports of an alarm activating at a recycling centre. Upon arrival crews confirmed that there was a well established fire and made up for more fire appliances along with several special appliances and officers. Crews have got to work using breathing apparatus, hose reel jets and main jets to tackle the fire which is still on going.
Types of Appliances in attendance;
- 8 fire appliances
- 2 aerial ladder platforms
- 1 incident command unit
- high volume pump
- water bowser
The fire has been surrounded and good progress is being made.
Update 07:16 6th October.....The Fire Service are still attending with one fire engine for revisits on the site every few hours.