Date: 13th November, 2024
Time: 3.08am
Description: We were called at 3.08am this morning (13 November) to Drove Road, Swindon for a fire in the roof of a bungalow.
Six breathing apparatus wearers, two hose reel jets and a main jet have been used to tackle the fire. A male occupant of the property was brought to safety by firefighters and was handed into the care of the ambulance service.
As at 7.15am, the incident has been scaled back to one crew. Drove Road remains closed from Groundwell Road towards Old Town, with local diversions in place, but has reopened in the other direction. A fire investigation will be carried out in due course.
10:17am update - Our stop came in at 9:11am and we have scaled the incident back to one appliance. An officer will be attending shortly to carry out the fire investigation. Drove Road is now open in both directions
Location: Drove Road, Swindon, UK