Incident
Vehicle fire
Date
4.51pm - 12 July 2024
Last updated
9.39pm - 12 July 2024
Status
Closed
Incident type
Large
Location
Exton
Attending station
Bampton
Minehead
One appliance from Minehead and Bampton along with the Water Foam Carrier from Barnstaple were mobilised following a report of a large vehicle on fire in Quarme Lane, Exton, Dulverton.
On arrival at the scene crew confirmed one telehandler well alight with the surrounding grass also alight and got to work to extinguish.
Update 17:58
One telehandler situated in an open field one hundred percent damaged by fire and approximately 5m by 5m of grass burnt. The fire was extinguished by crews using one hose reel, one thermal image camera and two breathing apparatus wearers.