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19 Apr 2026 Incidents of interest (1)
Thatch Fire-Hazelbury Bryan
19th April, 2026 at 19:07
We were called at 7:07pm today with reports of a thatched roof fire at a property fire in Kingston, Sturminster Newton. Pumping appliances from Sturminster Newton, Blandford, Sherborne, Shaftesbury, Bere Regis, Poole, Tisbury, Ferndown and Wincanton along with the aerial ladder platform from Yeovil are in attendance. Water carriers from Bridport, Yeovil and Poole are also on scene, along with support vehicles from Gillingham and Ferndown.
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Firefighters are working hard to extinguish the fire using water and compressed air foam and have completed the salvage of personal possessions from within the building.
Update, Monday 20 April - Good progress was made over night and relief crews from Beaminster, Christchurch, Bridport, Warminster, Verwood, Charmouth, Hamworthy and the aerial ladder platform from Westbourne attended. Firefighters continued to strip away the thatch and extinguish the fire. The stop came in at 2am.
At 4am the resources were reduced down to four pumping appliances from Dorchester, Christchurch, Weymouth, Springbourne, the aerial ladder platform from Salisbury and two water carriers who are continuing to dampen down. At the height of the incident we had approximately 45 firefighters on scene.
Update, 1pm - We now have two pumping appliances in attendance from Christchurch and Dorchester along with the aerial ladder platform from Westbourne and a Water carrier from Wilton who are continuing to dampen down and remove thatch. A fire investigation has been completed and confirmed the most probable cause of the fire was from the heat transfer from a woodburning stove.
Tuesday, 21 April - One crew remained on scene until 9pm yesterday to extinguish any further hotspots using one main line and one hose reel jet. A reinspection took place at 6am today and the incident has been left open fir a further re-inspection later today.
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18 Apr 2026 Incidents of interest (1)
Property Fire – Melksham
18th April, 2026 at 19:58
We were called at 7:58pm yesterday, 18 April, with reports of a property fire on Milton Avenue, Melksham. A total of four pumping appliances attended (Trowbridge, Devizes, Bradford on Avon and Chippenham) along with the aerial ladder and a pumping appliance from Bath (Avon FRS). On arrival crews found a well-developed fire on the first floor and roof space of the residential building consisting of two flats and used main jets and hose reel jets to extinguish the fire. One person was given casualty care at the scene by firefighters before being left in the care of the ambulance service.
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The incident was scaled back to three pumping appliances overnight to continue damping down and our stop was in at 6:27am today. The last crew left the scene just before 8am today. The cause of the fire has been determined as accidental.