News in Exmouth

The ‘powerful and dynamic’ artwork was donated to the town’s RNLI by a former Royal Marine.

Temporary attractions on Exmouth seafront are set for a stay of execution after it was revealed a planning application has been submitted to keep them for a further year.

A rush hour driver who tried to outrun the police in a ‘barely roadworthy’ van while he was high on cannabis has been disqualified.

The alerts are in place from Tuesday through to high tide on Wednesday morning

There is ‘inadequate infrastructure’ to support a proposed 120-home development in Exmouth, it is claimed.

Exmouth has been warned it could be left with a ‘road to nowhere’ after council bosses decided to fast track work to realign the Queen’s Drive road and car park.

Work to realign Queen's Drive was supposed to start in September

We take a step back in time with the Exmouth Musical Theatre Company.

Date: 06.11.2018
Time: 05:46
Location: Gulliford Close, Strawberry Hill, Lympstone

A fire appliance from Exmouth was mobilised to initial reports from a member of the public who could see a wooden structure on fire in the rear garden of an unoccupied new build property at the above location.

Shortly after arriving and investigating this was confirmed to be a wooden shed (almost completely burned down) and fencing on fire.  ! hose reel jet was used to extinguish the fire, which started accidentally, before a thermal imaging camera was used to check the roof and loft space of the newly built house, after it sustained external fire damage (to a door and guttering).

This incident is now complete and was brought under control at 0732hrs. Once satisfied that there was no internal fire spread or hotspots to the property, duty of care was left with the site manager.  

Date: 05.11.2018
Time: 22:47
Location: A30 Eastbound Between Fingle Glen and Alphington

2 fire appliances from our Exeter stations, Middlemoor and Danes Castle, together with a water carrier from Plympton (Plymouth), were initially mobilised following multiple calls (inc one from the driver) reporting a fire involving a HGV and its load.

The attendance was then increased by a further fire appliance from Danes Castle, upon arrival of the first crew, who confirmed the large articulated HGV was well alight and that the tyres were exploding from the heat.

Due to the size and intensity of the vehicle, and fire, both carriageways of the A30 were closed, not just for the safety of the crews but for fellow motorists. Police were requested and attended to carry out traffic duties. At 23:13hrs the attendance was once again increased, for additional water, by 2 more fire appliances which attended from Topsham. A 2nd water carrier, mobilised from Danes Castle, was also requested at 00:50hrs.

Update 0200hrs - This incident is protracted and still ongoing. Crews are making slow but steady progress, using compressed air foam, hose reel jets and main jets to extinguish the fire, which includes the paper based load. This is being dragged out, turned over and damped down continuously, which requires large amounts of water and effort.

Police are still in attendance carrying out traffic duties and have temporarily opened some lanes to allow some traffic to be escorted passed the incident.

Further updates will follow when available............