Firefighters tackle devastating house fire in Bedhampton

Firefighters have responded to a well alight house fire in Bedhampton this lunchtime.

Our control room was alerted to a report of a fire in Hillmead Gardens at 11:41am.

Crews from Havant, Cosham, Southsea and Emsworth responded along with command support vehicles and the aerial ladder platform.

Wearing breathing apparatus firefighters entered the property to extinguish the fire using hose reels and jets.

Unfortunately, the fire had been unreported for some time and the home has been 100% damaged by fire. Fortunately, there were no casualties.

The fire was reported as out at 1.30pm and the incident was scaled down to three fire engines.

The remaining crews at the scene continued to carry out checks.

The incident stop message was shortly after 2pm. A crew may still be visible in the area carrying out routine reinspection’s and offering community reassurance.

The fire is most likely to be caused by a concave make up mirror placed too close to glass in the sun. This incident is a reminder of the dangers of leaving mirrors in direct sunlight.

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