Incident
Vehicle fire
Date
7.19pm - 01 February 2025
Last updated
8.05am - 02 February 2025
Status
Closed
Incident type
Large
Location
Sourton
Attending station
Okehampton
Fire engines from Okehampton and a fire engine from Cornwall attended a bus on fire on the eastbound carriageway between Stowford Cross and Sourton. On arrival crews confirmed one single decker bus on the highway well alight and got to work extinguishing using four breathing apparatus sets and two hose reel jets.
Final details ... one 28 metre bus on dual carriageway severely damaged by fire, equipment used ... breathing apparatus, hose reel jets and a thermal imaging camera. The cause of the fire was accidental.