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March 09, 2012
An £80,000 camper van was destroyed in a blaze after what firefighters believe was an electrical fault in Tilehurst on Wednesday night.
Crews from Dee Road and Caversham Road stations were called to Waverley Road after the six-wheeler caught alight at around 6.30pm.
Police cordoned off the road in both directions between St George’s Road and Tilehurst Road.
Firefighters entered the van with breathing apparatus and used two hose reels to finally extinguish the flames.
Other source,
NEIGHBOURS rushed to the rescue of a family in west Reading when their £80,000 camper van caught alight last night.
The couple and their teenage son were inside their Waverley Road home when homeowners nearby noticed that their Auto-Trail Fiat Ducato - which was parked outside on the road - was on fire.
Dee Road fire crew were called at 7.30pm and spent 45 minutes at the scene.
Firefighter John Rumble said: "Basically the owners were in and the campervan was on the road outside. Residents knocked on their door and told them it was on fire, so they called us.
"We think it was an electrical fault behind the driver's seat because that was where the damage mainly was, but that's only speculation.
"Luckily we don't think it's a total write-off. There was a lot of heat and the camper van is worth about £80,000."
Crew manager Mike Wilson, from Dee Road fire station, said: “The flames were coming out of the windows and there was a lot of smoke blowing down the street. We had the fire out in minutes and then stripped out the internals.
“There was some damage to the front, but most of the damage was internal.
“We think it was an electrical fault that started on the driver’s side where the batteries are and it spread through the van from there.”
March 09, 2012
An £80,000 camper van was destroyed in a blaze after what firefighters believe was an electrical fault in Tilehurst on Wednesday night.
Crews from Dee Road and Caversham Road stations were called to Waverley Road after the six-wheeler caught alight at around 6.30pm.
Police cordoned off the road in both directions between St George’s Road and Tilehurst Road.
Firefighters entered the van with breathing apparatus and used two hose reels to finally extinguish the flames.
Other source,
NEIGHBOURS rushed to the rescue of a family in west Reading when their £80,000 camper van caught alight last night.
The couple and their teenage son were inside their Waverley Road home when homeowners nearby noticed that their Auto-Trail Fiat Ducato - which was parked outside on the road - was on fire.
Dee Road fire crew were called at 7.30pm and spent 45 minutes at the scene.
Firefighter John Rumble said: "Basically the owners were in and the campervan was on the road outside. Residents knocked on their door and told them it was on fire, so they called us.
"We think it was an electrical fault behind the driver's seat because that was where the damage mainly was, but that's only speculation.
"Luckily we don't think it's a total write-off. There was a lot of heat and the camper van is worth about £80,000."
Crew manager Mike Wilson, from Dee Road fire station, said: “The flames were coming out of the windows and there was a lot of smoke blowing down the street. We had the fire out in minutes and then stripped out the internals.
“There was some damage to the front, but most of the damage was internal.
“We think it was an electrical fault that started on the driver’s side where the batteries are and it spread through the van from there.”