Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

The Avenue, Truro at 04/01/2016 19:38

Two appliances from Truro Fire Station attended a report of a fire involving a Christmas tree at a domestic dwelling in The Avenue. On arrival crews found a fire on the ground floor of a two storey property measuring approximately ten metres by ten metres. Firefighters wearing two breathing apparatus used one hose reel to extinguish the fire. The electricity was isolated and a positive pressure ventilation fan was used to remove smoke from the premises. The officer in charge of the incident noted that the quick thinking of one of the occupants saved the rest of the house from becoming involved in the fire, by shutting the door to the room of origin.

There are no further details available regardng this incident.