REPORTS of a chimney fire near Chard kept fire crews busy last night (August 25).
Firefighters from Chard were called out to the incident in Thorncombe at around 6.45pm.
They put out a fire in a chimney from the grate and also inspected the roof space of the property using a thermal image camera as a precaution.
The cause of this fire is believed to be accidental.
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