Vehicle fire – Alresford

Six pumps from Winchester, Eastleigh, St Mary?s, Redbridge, Alresford and Headquarters were called to a significant fire at the Boomtown festival in Winchester this afternoon (Friday 12 August).On arrival firefighters were faced with a large blaze involving 92 vehicles, 80 of which were destroyed in the fire, but fortunately no injuries were reported. Eight breathing apparatus and three jets and two hose reels were used to tackle the blaze.The Boomtique campsite next to the car park was evacuated as a precaution, but suffered no damage.The stop message was received at 22:38.The initial joint investigation by the fire and police services found the most likely cause of the fire to be a discarded cigarette igniting ‘stubble’ on the ground by the parked vehicles.