Incident
Vehicle fire
Date
7.26am - 13 July 2025
Last updated
11.36pm - 13 July 2025
Status
Closed
Incident type
Small
Location
Burlescombe
Attending station
Cullompton
Middlemoor
Fire control received numerous reports of a vehicle on fire on the hard shoulder on the M5.
Control immediately sent 2 Fire Engines to attend from Cullompton and Middlemoor.
Once in attendance crews confirmed 1 vehicle well alight and got to work to extinguish the fire using 1 x Hose Reel Jet a 2 Breathing Apparatus.
Shortly afterwards, crews confirmed the fire had been extinguished and they were in the process of monitoring for hotspots and damping down the vehicle.
Following the fire being extinguished, crews left duty of care with the vehicle owner and national highways to arrange recovery.