Published: July 16, 2009
Burnham-On-Sea fire crews called to kitchen fire in Watchfield

Fire crews from Burnham-On-Sea attended a kitchen fire in Watchfield, near Highbridge, on Thursday morning (July 16th).

On their arrival at 11.38am, the fire appeared to be out, but after further investigation the crews found there were still hot spots from within an oil-fuelled Aga.

"They extinguished these with a CO2 extinguisher then isolated the fuel supply and ventilated the property," fire spokesman Paul Slavin told Burnham-On-Sea.com.

"The cause of the fire is thought to be due to an electrical fault in the oil pump.
There was 80 per cent damage to the oil pump. Smoke detectors were fitted and did activate."