Incident
Vehicle fire
Date
1.53pm - 08 November 2022
Last updated
1.26pm - 14 November 2022
Status
Closed
Incident type
Small
Location
Maperton
Attending station
Yeovil
Castle Cary
Wincanton
Crews tackled a vehicle fire on the A303, which occurred after a Road Traffic Collision involving an Articulated truck and a transit van, where the transit van subsequently caught fire.
Both drivers and one passenger self extricated prior to the arrival of the Fire Service.
Crews extinguished the fire using one hose reel jet and compressed air foam system, checked for hotspots using a thermal image camera and made the vehicles safe using small tools.