Fire service called to outbuilding fire in Bow

Three fire appliances from Crediton and North Tawton were mobilised to a report of an outbuilding involving a fish smoker on Bow High Street, Crediton.

Upon arrival crews found a small fire involving contents of a two storey outbuilding.

They donned breathing apparatus and a hose reel jet to extinguish the fire.

The cause of the fire was accidental and was caused by a fish smoker catching a wooden bench on fire. There was 10 per cent fire and smoke damage and the fire was extinguished using two BA and one hose reel jet.