An egg box results in emergency call out

Firefighters were last night ( Saturday 5th April) called to a property in Whipton Village Road after a cardboard egg box, that had been left on a hob, caught on fire.

One fire appliance from Middlemoor was initially sent to reports of an automatic fire alarm activating at this premises.

Crews arrived at 8.14pm and confirmed that there had been a small fire involving a cardboard egg box that had been left on top of a hob.

The fire was out on arrival, crews used a positive pressure ventilation fan to ventilate the property.

The cause was accidental.