This photo shows how a supermarket delivery van was destroyed when it caught fire in an East Devon town at the start of May.
Firefighters from Axminster and Colyton were called to Burnsfield Road, Colyton, to find the blaze was in danger of spreading to nearby homes and property.
The fire crews used hose reel jets to tackle the vehicle blaze and another on the property to stop the fire from spreading any further.
Firefighters from Axminster and Colyton tackled the delivery van blaze, stopping the fire from spreading to nearby homes. Photo: Axminster Fire Station.
Firefighters wore breathing apparatus and used a thermal imaging camera to check the fire was fully extinguished, and tackled any areas of heat.
Firefighters said the blaze was tackled ‘swiftly’ without it spreading to nearby homes.
An Axminster fire station spokesperson said: “A supermarket delivery vehicle fully involved in fire with signs of spread to nearby hedge and facias from a domestic property beginning to melt.
“Initial fire attack was made using two hose jets one focused on the vehicle one focused towards the hedge and the domestic property to stop any fire spread. This was then upgraded to a 45mm attack jet.
“The fire was swiftly put out with no fire spread to the domestic property.”
The spokesperson added: “Once the fire was extinguished, thermal imaging camera was used to identify any hotspots of which were turned over and dampened down.”
