Incident
Property fire
Date
10.33am - 03 January 2024
Last updated
1.41pm - 03 January 2024
Status
Closed
Incident type
Caravan / camping
Location
Yealmpton
Attending station
Plympton
Ivybridge
Fire Control received a call to reports of a fire involving a camper van.
1 Fire engine from Ivybridge and 1 from Plympton were sent to the location.
On arrival, crews confirmed this to be one camper van, well alight.
Crews got to work with 2 breathing apparatus wearers , 1 hose reel jet and 1 main jet. A request was then made for the water bowser to attend, which also came from Plympton Fire Station.
The fire was extinguished using 4 breathing apparatus wearers, 1 attack jet, 1 ground monitor, 1 hose reel jet, 1 thermal imaging camera and 1 gas detector. 2 camping gas cylinders were cooled to a safe temperature. The vehicle was completey destroyed by fire and the cause was accidental.
Duty of care was left with the owner for recovery.