Incident
Tractor Fire
Date
7.31am - 17 June 2025
Last updated
8.19am - 17 June 2025
Status
Ongoing
Incident type
Large
Attending station
Wincanton
Castle Cary
Yeovil
Fire control sent 2 fire engines and a water bowser, to a tractor on fire near Galhampton, Somerset. On arrival crews confirmed this tractor was well alight and extinguished the fire using:
- Hose reel jets
- Foam jet
- Breathing apparatus
- Thermal image camera
The tractor was 20 per cent damaged by fire, which was confined to the engine compartment. The cause of the fire was accidental.