Bridport fire crews were called out a total of 24 times last month.

These included six fires, six standby manoeuvres, five automatic fire alarms, four special services, two road traffic collisions and one hazmat incident.

The call-outs ranged from a large heath fire to thatch fires, covering other station grounds, commercial and residential alarms, assisting the ambulance service, minor road traffic collisions and investigating a possible chemical leak.