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Cambridgeshire Firefighters have a busy Bonfire Weekend
| Published: 9th November 2010 11:10 |
FIREFIGHTERS were kept busy this weekend with numerous 999 calls about bonfires and fireworks. 16 of these were thankfully false alarms, where the fire turned out to be a controlled bonfire.
As well as the false alarms, firefighters were called to nine incidents on Friday and Saturday nights.
Andy Tucker, Risk Manager for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "Although firefighters were kept busy over the bonfire night weekend, it is encouraging to see that a minority of these incidents were actual fires.
"We are glad that residents on the whole were able to enjoy Bonfire night safely and sensibly."
Incidents that occurred on Friday and Saturday nights include:
Huntingdonshire
Bonfire on street
At 6.50pm on Friday (5), one crew from Huntingdon was called to a report of a
bonfire on the road at Hazelwood Walk in Huntingdon.
Firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire using on hose reel.
They returned to their fire station by 7.20pm.
The cause of the fire was deliberate.
Mattress on fire
At 7.40pm on Friday (5), one crew from Huntingdon was called to a mattress on fire in a car park at Thongsley in Huntingdon.
Firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire.
They returned to their fire station by 8pm.
The cause of the fire was deliberate.
Firework tied to tree
At 8pm on Friday (5), one crew from Huntingdon was called to a firework which was tied to a tree at the Whaddons in Huntingdon.
Firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire using one hose reel.
They returned to their fire station by 8.30pm.
The cause of the fire was deliberate.
Bonfire
At 8.40pm on Friday (5), one crew from St Ives was called to a report of a bonfire which was well alight and in danger of spreading at Moor Road in Little Staughton.
Firefighters arrived and extinguished the bonfire using one hose reel.
They returned to their fire station by midnight.
The cause of the fire was accidental.
Peterborough
Rubbish on fire
At 9.10pm on Friday (5), one crew from Dogsthorpe was called to a report of rubbish on fire at a car wash on Paston Lane in Paston, Peterborough.
Firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire using one hose reel.
They returned to their fire station by 9.40pm.
The cause of the fire was accidental.
Bonfire
At 10.45pm on Friday (5), one crew from Stanground was called to a bonfire which was out of control on Kilham in Orton Goldhay, Peterborough.
Firefighters extinguished the fire using one hose reel.
They returned to their fire station by 11.10pm.
The cause of the fire was accidental.
Play equipment on fire
At 8.06pm on Saturday (6), one crew from Stanground was called to play equipment on fire at Riseholme in Orton Goldhay, Peterborough.
Firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire using one hose reel.
They returned to their fire station by 9pm.
The cause of the fire was accidental.
South Cambs
Bonfire
At 6.45pm on Saturday (6), one crew from Gamlingay was called to a bonfire which was producing lots of smoke at Little Heath in Gamlingay.
Firefighters arrived and extinguished the bonfire using one hose reel.
They returned to their fire station by 7,25pm.
The cause of the fire was accidental.
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