Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Bugle at 02/05/2017 20:42

one Fire appliance from St Dennis Community Fire Station attended a gorse fire in the Bugle area. The call was passed to the Fire and Rescue Service by Network Rail because they were concerned the fire might affect the permanent way. Firefighters used gorse beaters to extinguish the fire which had a 150m front.

Although this incident was not arson, we do ask anyone with information on fires being deliberately started in the countryside 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's also a significant cost to each incident.

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