Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

St Neot, Liskeard at 31/10/2010 14:07

Two crews from Liskeard and one from Bodmin were mobilised to a fire reported in an Agricultural workshop involving gas cylinders. On their arrival crews found a shed 15 x 10 metres on fire. The fire had mainly been extinguished by the sheds owner. Crews used two breathing apparatus, one hosereel and a thermal imaging camera to cool hotpots. The fire had involved a number of gas cylinders and crews used two hosereel jets and two breathing apparatus to monitor the cylinders. A specialist Hazardous Materials Officer attended this incident and cooling and monitoring of the cylinders occured with Fire Service Water Ladders ferrying water to the incident.