Latest active and developing wildfire incident reports.
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Fire service: Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service
Fire Control received a call to a shed fire within an allotment and mobilised a crew from Bridgwater. On arrival, crews confirmed 1 shed to be well alight, in which 2 nearby trees and 2 smaller outbuildings had been affected. Crews extinguished the fire using: The shed and its contents was 100% damaged by fire and the small outbuildings were 60% damaged by fire. The cause of this is believed to have been accidental.
Fire Control received a call for a fire in the open in close proximity to a barn and mobilised two fire appliances from Nether Stowey and Bridgwater. On arrival, crews requested a further fire engine and a water bowser to attend this incident, confirming approximately 40 metres by 15 metres of wood and plastic measuring 6 metres high to be well alight, situated in close proximity to a barn containing 100 tonnes of straw. Crews are on scene currently extinguishing the fire using: