Firefighters deal with blaze at Peterborough house

Firefighters spent nearly two hours dealing with the fire in Rosehall Court just after 5.30pm yesterday.

The teams arrived to find a fire involving a boiler in a house. They extinguished the fire using a hose reel and cleared the smoke using a positive pressure ventilation fan.

The crews returned to their station by 7.10pm.

The cause of the fire was accidental.

Crews also dealt with a number of other fires in and around Peterborough yesterday.

At 5.14pm crews from Stanground were called to a fire on Factory Bank in Ramsey.

Firefighters arrived to find a well-developed fire involving refuse and extinguished it using a hose reel. They returned to their station by 6.25pm.

The cause of the fire was accidental.

And at 8.27pm firefighters from Whittlesey and Stanground were called to a fire on Grounds Way in Coates.

Firefighters arrived to find a fire in the open involving trees, which was spreading to a shed. They extinguished the fire using hose reels and returned to their stations by 9.40pm.

The cause of the fire was accidental.

Finally at 10.18pm crews from Wisbech were called to a fire on Mile Tree Lane in Wisbech.

Firefighters arrived to find a fire in the open spreading to nearby trees. They extinguished the fire using a hose reel and returned to their station by 12.05am.

The cause of the fire was deliberate. Anyone with information about the incident should contact police by visiting www.cambs.police.uk to submit an online report or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.