Cylinders discovered in shed blaze (From Mid Devon Star)

Cylinders discovered in shed blaze

6:20am Tuesday 23rd June 2009

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FIREFIGHTERS were mobilised at just before 10.30pm last night to deal with a bonfire that had got out of control.

On arrival at the scene at Twickenham Road, Milber, Newton Abbot, firefighters requested further help after finding that the fire involved a wooden shed.

To make matters more difficult it was believed that there was a cylinder inside the shed.

Crews kept a safe distance and using equipment discovered two 15kg butane cylinders which were monitored with the use of a thermal imaging camera.

Crews keeping a safe distance using a ground monitor.

Investigations revealed that the blaze involved two timber sheds and they contained a total of ten cylinders - four propane, five butane and one compressed air diving cylinder.

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