Incident No.
Date: 17th September 2007
Time: 0515
Type: Fire
Address: Africa Alive, Kessingland
Initial Attendance: Two pumps, ended as Make Pumps Six plus Forward Control Vehicle.
Well this week has carried on as last week finished. This time it's a canteen at the Africa Alive wildlife park, just south of Lowestoft.
Crews did well to stop the intense fire from spreading to another eatery and gift shop.
I didn't attend initially but went to the incident at around 0730 to relieve some of the guys who needed to get off to work. Not much doing by this time, pumps ferrying water from a hydrant on the main road, making up kit and preserving the scene so that a fire investigation could be carried out.
Rumour has it that the keepers are looking for a chimp who's in possession of a box of matches and a can of petrol!
Got back on station at around 1000 after being relieved by the Bungay pump. Cleaned some hose, serviced the BA sets and chucked a couple of cheese and onion toasties down our necks by way of a belated breakfast.
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