Crews spend four hours tackling roof fire at Hurstpierpoint home

Firefighters spent four hours tackling a roof fire at a property in Hurstpierpoint yesterday.
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Firefighters at the scene

Four engines from Burgess Hill were sent to Belmont Lane in Hurstpierpoint at 3.04pm to reports of a fire involving solar panels, a spokesman from West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service confirmed.

Crews found the entire roof of a single-storey home 'well alight', the spokesman said.

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They used one hose reel and foam to tackle the fire and isolate the solar panels.

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Firefighters at the scene

The fire was extinguished by 7.20pm and the solar panels were removed from the building.

Firefighters re-inspected the home at 11pm.

The spokesman confirmed the fire was believed to have started at the solar panels and is not being treated as suspicious.