Incident
Vehicle fire
Date
12.44am - 16 May 2022
Last updated
2.11am - 16 May 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Small
Location
Ilminster
Attending station
Chard
Ilminster
Fire Control received calls from members of the public as well as the Police to reports of a car on fire outside a property in Ilminster.
Control immediately mobilised 2 Fire Appliances which came from Ilminster and Chard.
Once on scene crews confirmed 1 private vehicle well alight and got to work to extinguish the fire.
Crews successfully extinguished the fire using 2 Breathing Apparatus, 2 Hose Reel Jets, 1 Thermal Imaging Camera and 1 covering Jet.
The car was severely damaged by fire and smoke.