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Incident

Fire Residential

Date
11.01am - 09 September 2023
Last updated
1.00pm - 12 October 2023
Status
Closed
Incident type
Residential
Attending station
Glastonbury
Street
Wells
Bridgwater
Somerton
Cheddar
Honiton
Martock

Fire Control recieved multiple reports of a residential fire in the middle of Glastonbury. Due to the number of calls we mobilised four pumps and an aerial appliance to the incient. On arrival crews confirmed a kitchen well alight in a residential property. Crews are currently at work using the following equipment:

  • Four breathing apparatus
  • Two hose reel jets
  • One safety jet
  • One 45ml covering jet
  • One hose reel attack jet
  • Positive pressure ventilation
  • One 135 ladder
  • One triple extension ladder
  • Two thermal imaging cameras

Update 11:33am - The attendance has been increased to seven pumping appliances, one command unit and one incident support unit. 

Update 13:04pm - Positive pressure ventilation has now ceased. Crews are now cutting away at walls and cooling hotspots. 

Update 19:22pm - Firefighters extinguished the fire using eight breathing apparatus sets, two hose reel jets and a safety jet. The kitchen was 50% damaged by fire and 100% by smoke. Accidental cause.