Vehicle fire:Large; BA6 9; 01-Jun-2024 18:47:17 (https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/incidents/vehicle-fire-2024-06-01-18-47)

Incident

Vehicle fire

Date
6.47pm - 01 June 2024
Last updated
6.56pm - 06 June 2024
Status
Closed
Incident type
Large
Location
Meare
Attending station
Bridgwater
Glastonbury
Street
Cheddar

Fire control received a call to a Tractor fire in a field in Westhay. Fire engines from Glastonbury and Street attended alongside a water carrier from Bridgewater. On arrival crews requested an all terrain vehicle to assist with access. 

Crews well able to confirm 1 tractor was well alight under a high voltage power line. Crews got to work with foam, a ground monitor, a hand line and a pump to extinguish the fire. 

The tractor was 80% destroyed by fire , the mower was 5 % destroyed and 5m by 5m of peat land was destroyed by fire the over head line suffered no damage.

This was an accidential ignition. 


Source URL: https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/incidents/vehicle-fire-2024-06-01-18-47

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  2. https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/safety/on-the-road/car-and-vehicle-fires