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Incident

Property fire

Date
1.50am - 12 February 2024
Last updated
7.58am - 12 February 2024
Status
Ongoing
Incident type
Commercial / industrial
Location
Alphington
Attending station
Danes Castle
Middlemoor

Fire crews from Danes Castle and Middlemoor attended a fire within a scrap metal yard on the Marsh Barton Trading Estate near Exeter.  

This was one concrete bay measuring approximately 5m x 5m containing 6 tonnes of small electrical goods.  The waste goods were severely damaged by fire.  Crews extinguished using hose reel jets and main jets.  The cause of the fire was accidental.