Incident
Vehicle fire
Date
7.51pm - 12 March 2022
Last updated
9.40pm - 12 March 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Small
Location
Ilsington
Attending station
Ashburton
Bovey Tracey
Fire control received a call from a member of the public reporting their car on fire on the A38.
Fire control immediately mobilised 2 Fire Appliances one from Bovey Tracey and the other from Ashburton.
Once in attendance crews confirmed 1 vehicle well alight and got to work extinguishing the fire using 2 Breathing Apparatus and 1 Hose Reel Jet.
Crews believed this fire to be accidental and duty of care was left with the Highways Agency.