Van fire today

[Bailey 15]

Van fire in lay-by by Meldon - Okhampton bypass
Hope all safe

 

[David and Sally]

Oh shit. Awful for the owner. Hope not one of our family.

 

[pappajohn]

Could be wrong but it looks like an RV to me.

 

[PP Bear]

That's awful, hope everyone got out ok.

That's a screen shot of a video, do you have the entire clip?

 

[Phill D]

that is seriously not good.. looks like a front end / engine / under dash fire.

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[Brains]

I carry a firestick in drivers and passenger doors

 

[Phill D]

I carry a firestick in drivers and passenger doors

i carry a fire extinguisher in the drivers door pocket... think its a bit more useful in these situations..

 

[Phill D]

PS; i do know which firestick you are referring too just being a smart arse or not!!

 

[Janine]

A30 closed in both directions because of caravan on fire

Smoke, emergency vehicles, and the site can be seen from the other side of the road

www.cornwalllive.com

 

[Janine]

Incidents

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www.dsfire.gov.uk

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[CazPaul]

Hopefully no injuries to anyone bits of metal can be replaced.

 

[Brains]

i carry a fire extinguisher in the drivers door pocket... think its a bit more useful in these situations..

Correction
.....in the door POCKETS.

The extinguishers are called 'firesticks'
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[Blue Knight]

It looks very much like a Pilote to me with those decals.

 

[sedge]

Especially the one on the back panel reading 'Pilote'. bet the toad was white ......

 

[Phill D]

Correction
.....in the door POCKETS.

The extinguishers are called 'firesticks'
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cheap them !! well cheaper than a replacement van or the insurance excess....

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[ManTheVan]

Ferocious caravan fire brings A30 to a standstill

Video shows the vehicle half engulfed in flames, with driver stuck in huge queues on the border

www.devonlive.com

 

[ManTheVan]

…but the ’caravan’ was the MH in question, it seems. Awful.

 

[Just smiffy]

What terrible reporting.. a pilot motorhome with a a-frame smart car.. becomes a car towing a caravan….

devastating for the owners,

 

[Lumpy]

Feel sorry for the owners, looking at the times we had just driven through there on our way home to Cornwall after a week on Dartmoor, also happy we didn't get caught up in the traffic. There was torrential rain and lots of standing water on the roads and many cars not slowing down for the conditions, we had a car aquaplane next to us which came very close to hitting us and just before Bodmin we had a 4x4 towing a twin axel caravan overtake us like we were standing still..................we were travelling at 65mph!!! Hope he made it to the emergency ;-(