Fire crews tackle chimney fire in village
Crews tackled a fire in Mark on Sunday.Picture: Burnham-on-Sea Fire Station - Credit: Burnham-on-Sea Fire Station
Two crews tackled a chimney fire at a house in Mark yesterday (Sunday).
Crews from Burnham-on-Sea Fire Station were called to a chimney fire at a house in the village, in Poplar Lane, at 6.12pm.
The fire was caused by a build up of soot on the chimney’s register plate and was extinguished later on that evening.
An officer in charge decided to dispatch a second crew from the station, due to the house having a thatched straw roof element underneath the main tiling.
Crews had to remove a woodburning stove in order to get to the fire and eventually located the register plate, which is used when there is no liner and acts as a barrier to the smoke and fumes in the chimney.
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The fire station is advising people to have the chimneys in their homes swept regularly.
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