Incident
Vehicle fire
Date
2.55pm - 26 August 2024
Last updated
11.36pm - 26 August 2024
Status
Closed
Incident type
Small
Location
Chudleigh
Attending station
Middlemoor
Fire Control received several 999 calls reporting a car on fire on the A38 westbound, near Chudleigh. Two fire engines were sent and on arrival confirmed this car was well alight. Both southbound carriageways were closed temporarily whilst crews extinguished the fire using:
- 2 Breathing apparatus
- 1 Hose reel jet
The car was 80 per cent destroyed by fire and the cause was accidental.