Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Norton Court, Market Street, Bodmin at 26/01/2012 01:56

At 01:56 hrs Cornwall Fire Control received a call to a persons reported property fire at Norton Court, Bodmin. Two appliances from Bodmin carrying 12 crew and an appliance from Lostwithiel with 6 crews were mobilised to the incident.

At 02:13hrs crews sent the message ‘all persons accounted for’ and that two casualties were being treated by Ambulance Paramedics on scene.

The small fire in the property was in the living room and had been extinguished before the arrival of the Fire and Rescue service. Fire crews used two breathing apparatus for inspection only.

The cause of this fire is currently unknown and a joint police and fire investigation will continue later this morning.

Anyone with information on fires being deliberately started are advised to anonymously call Crimestoppers free on 0800 555 111 or contact Devon and Cornwall Police on 101 with information. Arson puts both the public and firefighters at unnecessary risk. It ties up resources that could be in demand for other more serious incidents. A lot of Cornwall is covered by on-call firefighters so there is also a significant cost to each incident