Date: 26.08.2018Time: 18:39Location: The Bridge, Stoke St Michael, Shepton Mallet

3 fire appliances from Shepton Mallet, Wells and Castle Cary were mobilised following a call from the occupant of a property reporting a fire in their living room. All persons were confirmed to be out of the property at the time of call.

On arrival of the first crew from Shepton Mallet, they confirmed all persons had evacuated safely and that the ground floor of the privately owned property was smoke logged, after entering with 2 breathing apparatus wearers (later increased to 4), 1 hose reel jet and a thermal imaging camera.

By 19:10hrs crews confirmed the fire, which had started accidentally, after the door to a wood burning stove had been left open and fire had subsequently spread to stacked logs adjacent to it, was extinguished. They continued to damp the area down and remove debris, before making it safe and finally ventilating with a positive pressure ventilation fan.  

All occupants, an elderly couple and their son, were unharmed and once complete duty of care for the incident was left with them. There was no further fire spread and damage was confined to the living room only.