Emergency Services
Fire Crews Battle Garage Blaze
Crews from Rushen Fire Station were called to the fire at 2.45am this morning.
One person received medical treatment after fire crews spent over three hours fighting a garage fire overnight.
Crews from Rushen Fire Station were called to the fire in the south of the island at 2.45am this morning.
Two pumping appliances were mobilised along with the duty officer by the ESJCR IOM – Emergency Services Joint Control Room to reports of a structure fire. On arrival the officer in charge was faced with a well established fire in a domestic garage that contained multiple vehicles and fuel sources.
The fire service said: ‘The OiC quickly deployed 2 Breathing Apparatus wearers with a high pressure hose reel to tackle the fire. Due to the location and size of the incident an additional pumping appliance was mobilised from Castletown and Malew Station as well as the Water Bowser from Douglas Station.
‘A total of 12 BA wearers were deployed using a combination of high pressure hose reels and 45mm jets to extinguish the fire. The neighbouring property was checked using thermal imaging cameras to confirm there was no sign of fire spread.’
The person was treated at the scene but not further info was given as to their condition.
