Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Penwinnick road, St Agnes at 14/04/2015 10:59

At 10:59 a call was received this morning to a car on fire at an commercial garage. One appliance with six firefighters from Perranporth was mobilised to the incident. Further 999 calls updated the fire service that the fire had spread to a second vehicle and a nearby pile of 40 tyres. On updating the attending crew they reported a large plume of smoke coming from the scene crews requested three appliances attend the incident - a further two appliances with eleven firefighters were mobilised from Truro and a crew of six from the new Hayle Community Fire station were sent to gain experience. On arrival breathing apparatus with one hose reel jet and one main jet supplied from a hydrant were put to use. Electricity to the building was isolated. A crew made good progress and the fire was out by 12:29 hrs. There are no more details available on this incident.