APPLIANCES from Bude and Holsworthy Fire Stations attended an incident following reports of a barn fire near Burnards House on Thursday, February 8.

Both appliances from Bude and an appliance from Holsworthy attended the incident. On arrival, the crews found a telehandler well alight inside a barn. Teams of firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used two high pressure hosereel jets at the scene to extinguish the fire, and crews used the thermal imaging camera to monitor the area while the crew cooled the telehandler down and removed it from the barn. The cause was said to be accidental, and no injuries to people or animals were reported.

This follows a two-week period with no incidents reported to Bude Community Fire Station crews, who then found themselves attending three calls in an 18-hour time frame.