Incident
Property fire
Date
9.50am - 19 September 2024
Last updated
9.11pm - 20 September 2024
Status
Closed
Incident type
Domestic
Location
Kenton
Attending station
Dawlish
Danes Castle
Middlemoor
Three Fire engines were sent to a report of a domestic property fire in Kenton, Devon. On arrival crews confirmed that smoke was issuing from the roof space of a single storey building. The fire was located in a ground floor bedroom, involving a dehumidifier and surrounding furniture. The fire was extinguished using:
- 2 Breathing apparatus
- 2 Hose reel jet
- Smoke clearance fan
- 1 Safety jet
The bedroom was 100 per cent damaged by smoke and fire, and the remainder of the property was 50 per cent damaged by smoke. The cause was accidental.