Fire crews called to a car on fire near Ashburton

Fire crews were called to a vehicle fire on the A38 at Pear Tree on Saturday.

Buckfastleigh and Totnes Fire Crews were called at around 7:30pm on Saturday, 13 January, to reports of a vehicle fire on the A38 at Pear Tree near Ashburton. 

credit Buckfastleigh Fire Station 

On arrival, the crews found a Mercedes car "well alight" with "both occupants safe and clear of the vehicle".

credit Buckfastleigh Fire Station 

A spokesperson for Buckfastleigh Fire Station said: "The crew deployed two breathing apparatus wearers with a hosereel jet and quickly placed out traffic cones to assist with scene safety as the road was still live.

"We were soon joined by our colleagues from Totnes Fire Station who provided us with their water and proceeded to refill from the nearest available fire hydrant.

"We left the incident in the hands of the highways agency and recovery driver who work incredibly hard at these type of incidents to get the vehicles safely removed and organise repairs to the road surface in order to get traffic moving again as quickly as possible."