by Tom Walsh
A caravan in Tuffley, Gloucestershire, was severely damaged in a fire on 29 December.
Following reports that the mobile home on Arlingham Road had caught fire, a team from the Gloucester South Fire Station were the first to arrive on the scene, the Gloucester Citizen reported.
The five-man team stayed on the scene for 20 minutes as the fire was brought under control, using a hosereel and breathing apparatus to extinguish the flames. Following this, they stayed on the scene for another 20 minutes.
As the caravan was parked on open ground, it posed little risk to neighbouring properties and luckily no one was hurt in the blaze. Details of what caused the fire have not yet been released.
The story comes just a few weeks after Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service were called out during November to fight ‘<' . strtolower('Array') href="http://www.caravantimes.co.uk/news/insurance/security/tewkesbury-storage-site-blaze-claims-50-caravans-$21383648.htm">a blaze in a storage centre in Worcestershire.
On that occasion 80 touring caravans and mobile homes in storage were destroyed, with Chinese lanterns highlighted as a possible cause.
