Car destroyed in Herne Bay garage fire
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A car was destroyed when a blaze ripped through a Herne Bay
garage.
Two fire crews rushed to the workshop, near Rodney’s Sports
Bar, at 3.30pm yesterday.
An overturned electrical heater appears to have started the
blaze, which quickly spread to the eaves and roof. A Mini car was
destroyed.
Crew manager Paul Austin explained the fire had already taken
hold by the time they arrived.
He said: “We had to make a forced entry to both the front and
the back of the garage as smoke was already blowing out into the
street making visibility quite difficult.
“We also punctured a hole in the roof to increase the
ventilation. That also gave us a chance to fight the flames from
above as well as below.
"The freezing temperatures meant we also called out the highways
officers to grit the road as the water we’d used was turning to ice
almost immediately.”
Crews had the fire under control by 4.30pm.
Friday, February 03 2012
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