Eight crews called to severe house fire in Milton Keynes while also battling fires in the open
Eight crews using breathing apparatus and three officers attended a house fire in Bradwell Common, Milton Keynes.
It happened around lunchtime on Tuesday (July 28) with people asked to avoid the area around Plumstead Avenue while fire crews worked to bring the blaze under control. Police were also at the scene with residents advised to keep windows and doors closed.
Crews from West Ashland, Broughton, Newport Pagnell, Slade-Park and Buckingham attended.
Firefighters used four sets of breathing apparatus, two main jets, two hose reel jets, a short extension ladder, thermal imaging camera, small gear and a turntable ladder vehicle.
A property in Chestnut Crescent, Bletchley, also suffered 100% smoke damage following a fire on Monday. (July 27)
Two crews from West Ashland and one crew from Broughton alongside an officer attended the incident at 6.20am.
Firefighters used a turntable ladder, two sets of breathing apparatus, two hose reel jets and one main jet to extinguish the fire.
The heatwave has also kept crews busy with firefighters attending three fires in the open this week.
One crew from West Ashland attended a fence fire in Portrush Close, Bletchley, yesterday. (July 30)
Firefighters used one hose reel jet to extinguish the fire.
Firefighters also tackled a fire in a rear garden that had spread to a fence in Cruickshank Grove, Crownhill. And two crews from West Ashland and one crew from Broughton attended a fire after a large area of bushes and grass in Witan Gate, Milton Keynes, caught fire, on Tuesday, working to prevent it spreading to nearby vegetation.