Incident
Outdoor fire
Date
12.48pm - 12 August 2022
Last updated
11.56pm - 25 August 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Standing crops
Location
Brixton
Attending station
Okehampton
Ashburton
Bovey Tracey
Brixham
Dartmouth
Kingsbridge
Moretonhampstead
Danes Castle
Crediton
Honiton
Plympton
Camels Head
Crownhill
Greenbank
Plymstock
Ivybridge
Princetown
Tavistock
Yelverton
Clyst St George
We have been called to a fire in a field of corn crops involving a combine harvester.
We currently have 19 fire engines on the scene (as of 3.30pm).
Our crews are fighting the fire using:
- hose reel jets
- main jets
- breathing apparatus
- water bowser
- multiple beaters
- pitchforks.
Update 7.11pm. Crews are damping down hotspots in hedge lines.
- hose reel jets
- water bowser
Update 13th August 6.52am. Crews continue to dampen down hotspots in the field and on the combine harvester.
Update 13th August 17:25 - This incident is now completed and all appliances have left. This fire involved 1 Combine Harvester, which was fully involved in fire and approximately 10 acres of standing crops were destroyed by the fire. There was also approximately 30 acres of stubble and hedgerow involved. The cause of the fire was accidental.