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About 50 Cattle Saved From Fire In Adjoining Barn
Porthpean, near St Austell at 17/03/2004 00:20
2 appliances from St Austell attended a barn, measuring 10 metres by 8 metres, which was well alight. About 50 cattle in an adjoining barn were released to the safety of a field. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used one jet to deal with the fire. A crew from Mevagissey relieved their St Austell colleagues and damped down, leaving the scene at 1245hrs. Arson is suspected and the police are investigating.
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Related item: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/fire/fsafety/fs03f.htm
Date Posted: 17/03/2004