Fire in the open

At 5.28pm on Sunday (16) crews from Bedford and Kempston were called to ground floor fire in an unoccupied property in The Broadway Bedford.  

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used two hose reels and a safety jet to extinguish the fire and high-pressure fans to clear the smoke.  Crews used thermal imaging cameras to check for hot spots and isolated the electrics.

The cause of the fire was deliberate.