Incident
Outdoor fire
Date
6.27pm - 05 May 2022
Last updated
3.47am - 06 May 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
In the open (large)
Location
Brympton
Attending station
Bridgwater
Street
Wellington
Yeovil
Castle Cary
Crewkerne
Ilminster
Martock
Somerton
Fire engines were mobilised following a call reporting a skip on fire. Crews confirmed that 130 tonnes of non-hazardous waste was on fire within a secure compound.
Throughout the incident the following equipment was used:
- Three hose reel jets
- Four main jets
- A water carrier
- An aerial Ladder Platform
- Two on-site mechanical diggers
- Eight breathing apparatus
- Two ground monitors
Slight damage was also reported to a mechanical waste conveyor machine following the fire.
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