Time Incident Posted: 15:00
Incident Date: 12/10/2017
Incident Location: Incident Location: Weymouth Street, Leicester
Incident Number: 15387
Incident Type: Domestic Fire
Initial Emergency Call Received: 14:44
Fire and Rescue Service Vehicles Attended: Two appliances from Eastern Fire Station
Officer(s) in Charge of Incident: Crew Manager
Time Incident Closed:
Damage: Damage to approximately 0.5 square meter of carpet
Believed Cause: Believed to have been caused by suns reflection on a mirror.
Initial Information: The call was received from the occupier advising that a carpet was smoking.
Updated Incident Information: Initially two appliances were mobilised, one of which was released from the incident once the first appliance booked in attendance.
A small amount of carpet was involved in fire. This was put out using a bucket of water.
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