Incident
Vehicle fire
Date
8.09pm - 04 May 2022
Last updated
10.29pm - 04 May 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Small
Location
Kingsteignton
Attending station
Torquay
Newton Abbot
Fire control received multiple calls reporting a vehicle fire on the A380. Fire control immediately mobilised one fire appliance from Newton Abbot and one fire appliance from Torquay.
On the arrival the incident commander confirmed one vehicle well alight.
Crews promptly extinguished the fire using two breathing apparatus, one hose reel jet and one thermal imaging camera.
The incident commander confirmed the fire was located in the engine compartment and the crew cab. The vehicle was a hundred percent damaged by the fire.
This was believed to an accidental fire.
These were the final details.