Published: April 19, 2008
Burnham-On-Sea fire crews tackle blaze at former Highbridge hotel

These were the scenes in Highbridge on Saturday afternoon (April 19th) when Burnham-On-Sea firefighters tackled a blaze in a derelict hotel.

Two fire crews from Burnham rushed to the site of the former Highbridge Hotel after smoke was seen coming out of the building at just before 2pm.

Fire crews equipped with breathing apparatus used hose reel jets to quickly put out the fire and a high pressure fan was also used to ventilate the property, as pictured here.

Burnham-On-Sea.com reported in January how the hotel had been boarded up by Mead Realisations, the developer that owns the property. Local councillors have called for work to revamp the property to be brought forward to improve the appearance of the area and increase safety.

Two fire crews from Burnham were quickly on the scene.

The fire crews also inspected the rear of the building.