Summercourt fire destroys 37 buses in Western Greyhound fleet
Fire has ripped through a bus depot near Newquay.
The fire has destroyed at least 37 buses – a third of bus firm Western Greyhound’s fleet.
At its height, crews from St Columb, St Dennis, Newquay, St Austell, Perranporth, Wadebridge and Launceston were battling the blaze at Summercourt.
The fire in Summercourt, near Newquay, broke out in the early hours of Monday morning.
In Cornwall about a third of services are not operating or have been delayed, although services are running normally in Devon.
Western Greyhound has been operating buses in both counties since 1998.
It describes itself as a “locally based, family-run business”.
The cause of the fire is being jointly investigated by Devon and Cornwall Police and Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service.
No-one was hurt but almost forty buses have been destroyed.
House fire kills toddler and his teenage brother and sister
Fire tore through a house in Devon and a boy of three and his teenage brother and sister died.
A man, believed to be their father, raced back into the burning house to try to rescue the children. The man was treated for injuries and released along with another child. The dead teenagers, a 17-year-old girl and her 18-year-old brother, and the three-year-old boy were among eight people in the terraced house in Honiton, Devon, when the fire broke out on Friday.
Air ambulance flew them to Exeter hospital where they died with family at their bedside. The boy died in a Bristol burns unit several hours later.
Seven people in the house were from one family and the eighth was a friend staying over. The house is near the town’s fire station but area commander Nick Manning said the blaze was “well developed” when firefighters arrived minutes after the alarm was raised at 7.30am.
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall police said: “Our thoughts are with the family at this time and investigations are ongoing.”
Arson suspected at Devon bus station
A fire broke out at Paignton Bus Station in Devon on Monday 30th July.
Three buses were damaged in the incident causing damage of around £120,000.
Keith Tuckerman from the fire service said: “We had it under control in about half an hour using compressed air foam and hose reel jets.”
Devon and Cornwall Police have confirmed that the fire is thought to have been started deliberately and an investigation has now begun.
A statement by Stagecoach said: “No one is believed to have been injured and there has been no damage to the depot building itself. We are helping police in any way that we can with their investigation into the fire, including supplying CCTV footage. We would also urge anyone with information about the incident to contact police.”
A police spokesman said: “A joint investigation will be taking place into the cause of the fire which is being treated as suspected arson. Two double deck buses and one single deck bus have been destroyed with an estimated damage cost of around £120,000.