Firefighters from across Hampshire tackled a blaze at a caravan storage park on Sunday.
18 caravans were destroyed with another 20 left seriously damaged by smoke and heat following the outbreak of fire at around 3pm. An eyewitness made a 999 phone call on September 27th to report smoke and flames coming from a caravan storage yard in Main Road, Colden Common.
Firefighters from Eastleigh, Winchester asnd St Mary’s fire stations were summoned to the scene along with a water carrier from Fareham. On arrival crews found a number of caravans on fire and moved to quickly bring the flames under control. The crews then worked to contain the fire from spreading through the storage yard which is home to many hundreds of caravans.
The fire was put out shortly after five o’clock on Sunday, two hours after the emergency call was made. Firefighters reported that 18 caravans had been destroyed and a further 20 were damaged by smoke and heat. The crews then stayed into the night at the scene damping down and looking for hot spots in other caravans.
The cause of the fire is now subject to an investigation by the Hampshire Arson Task Force.
