A FIRE involving a number of cars and garages was tackled in the early hours Sunday morning.
At 12.54am two fire engines from Salisbury Fire Station were called to a property on fire in Winterbourne Gunner, near Salisbury Car Centre, that was "on fire and spreading rapidly".
After a number of calls from the public, it was found out a number of cars and garages were alight, so further aid went to the incident from Andover, Ludgershall and Winchester.
And in fear of a nearby thatch property catching alight, because sparks and embers from the fire were landing on the roof, another seven fire engines and officers were called to the scene, from Fordingbridge, Ludgerhsall, StockBridge, Andover, Romsey, Pewsey and Tisbury.
A spokesperson for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue added: "Thankfully when the first appliance arrived at the incident they were able to confirm that the thatch was not alight and these appliances were stood down and either returned to home station or placed on standby incident to maintain fire cover."
No one was harmed during the incident, and the fire was extinguished using two hose reel jets, one main line and small tools.
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