Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Tanners Lane, Perranwell Station at 01/10/2007 20:22

Firefighters from Falmouth used a stirrup pump, rods and a thermal imaging camera to extinguish a fire in the chimney of a wood-burner.

General Fire Safety Advice:
Have your chimney swept by a competent chimney sweep at least once a year, preferably before you light the fire for the first time in the Autumn (N.B. If you regularly burn wood, we recommend that the chimney is swept twice a year).

Related item: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2030