Vehicle fire:Small; Somewhere in EX2 8; 15-Apr-2022 14:53:00 (https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/incidents/vehicle-fire-57)

Incident

Vehicle fire

Date
2.53pm - 15 April 2022
Last updated
4.21pm - 15 April 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Small
Location
Alphington
Attending station
Danes Castle
Middlemoor

Fire control received several 999 calls reporting a car on fire on the A30 just outside of Exeter.

On arrival crews found this car well alight, but all the occupants were out safely. The fire was extinguished using:

  • 2 breathing apparatus
  • 1 hose reel jet

The car was 80 per cent destroyed by fire and 100 per cent smoke damaged. The cause of the fire was accidental.


Source URL: https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/incidents/vehicle-fire-57

List of links present in page
  1. https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/incidents/vehicle-fire-57
  2. https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/safety/on-the-road/car-and-vehicle-fires
  3. https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/safety/outdoors/top-causes-rescues-and-how-avoid-them