Plantation blaze at Colaton Raleigh
Published:
9:36 AM May 16, 2010
Updated:
6:33 PM November 7, 2020
FIVE fire appliances were called to deal with a blaze at a plantation site in Colaton Raleigh.
FIVE fire appliances were called to deal with a blaze at a plantation site in Colaton Raleigh.
An incident occurred at Kettles Plantation, Stowford, at around 3.05pm on Thursday, May 6.
Two fire crews and an off-road vehicle from Exmouth, one appliance from Topsham and one from Budleigh Salterton, attended.
The crews, on arrival, confirmed a deep-seater fire, involving the roots of a plantation, measuring approximately 10 metres by 20 metres.
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They attacked the fire using bladed hand tools, small tools and Makita cutting and damming equipment. Firefighters were dealing with the incident for more than two hours.
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