Blaze causes damage to sheds as fire crews cool gas cylinder

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Quick work by firefighters prevented a shed fire from becoming hazardous and forcing the evacuation of neighbours.

Crews from Guildford were called to a blaze in Barton Road, Bramley at around 1.20pm where they found two sheds well alight

A gas container was inside one of the sheds but firefighters managed to cool it before it became a hazard.

Paul Monkhouse, watch commander, said: It was a large fire in the garden involving two sheds and a closed LPG (liquid petroleum gas) cylinder. We managed to cool it down, if not we would have had to evacuate the local area.

The fire destroyed the two sheds and caused damage to nearby wheelie bins, fence, garden shrubbery and pipe work.

Adrian Knight, who lives in the property next door and had his fence ruined said: I was coming back from Godalming, when I got here I saw the fire engines.

"I am going to wait for the fire brigade to investigate [before clearing up].

There is damage to plastic pipe work, cracking of windows and damage to the doors. They had put it out by 1.50pm.

Mr Knight explained the heat of the fire was high enough to damage his metal bench, along with the fence at the side of his property.

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