Overview
- Firefighters answered a house blaze on Ibbertson Road in Bournemouth late on 10 June and declared the incident out after extended operations in the early hours of 11 June.
- Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue say the Bournemouth fire is believed to be accidental and likely started by a candle, and one resident who self-evacuated was taken to hospital.
- Crews responded to a separate fire at a building on Salisbury Road in Burton late on 11 June where firefighters found fire in the roof space and worked through the night to put it out.
- The Burton incident drew a large multi-unit response including eight crews, an aerial ladder platform, smoke-venting equipment and relief teams who carried out dampening down and a 9am reinspection the next day.
- Neighbours reported rapid spread and significant property loss in Bournemouth while formal fire investigations are under way in Burton and follow-up checks have finished at both sites.