Building destroyed by fire near Exeter Airport

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received calls to reports of a derelict building on fire on the Old A30 adjacent to Exeter Airport at 7.41pm yesterday (Sat).

One fire appliance from Middlemoor, one from Danes Castle and one from Ottery St Mary were dispatched along with the water carrier from Torquay.

Upon arrival crews confirmed one derelict agriculture building measuring 30M x 10M well alight and requested an additional fire appliance for water and manpower, this was mobilised from Danes Castle.  Crews set to work to extinguish the fire using two main jets.

Below if the fire log:

At 20:11 steady progress being made, 2 main jets, one ground monitor and one hose reel in use.

At 20:45 steady progress still being made, three branches one hose reel jet in use and the incident has now been sectorised.

At 21:47 ***Final details**** One building measuring 30m x 30m completely destroyed by fire. Total of 4 jets, one ground monitor and an ariel appliance used as water tower, were used to extinguish the fire. The cause of the fire was accidental.