A HISTORIC black and white house in Herefordshire was hit by a chimney fire, as fire crews were called to tackle the blaze.
Three Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crews – one each from Kington, Kingsland and Leominster Fire Stations, plus the aerial ladder platform from Hereford were called at 1.51pm on December 20 to a woodburning stove fire in Pembridge.
A fire in the chimney of a two-storey black and white house with an external brick-built chimney was well alight on the crews’ arrival.
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Crews removed the log burner from the fire place and extinguished the fire using a hosereel jet.
Chimney rods and a hearth sheet were also used with two thermal imaging cameras deployed to check for hot spots.
The fire was extinguished and the incident was marked as pending closure at 4.26pm.
A reinspection took place at 7pm with a thermal imaging camera again used before the incident was closed at 7.43pm.
There were no casualties and no other emergency services were required.
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