Rickmansworth fire sees firefighters work 'throughout night'

Eight fire engines raced to Chorleywood Road after Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service and Herts Police were called to the blaze at around 4.11pm yesterday (July 23).

The blaze yesterday afternoon. (Image: Herts Fire Control) Residents were urged to keep doors and windows shut as smoke billowed out of the large two-storey home. 

The fire service said crews had “worked extremely hard throughout the night” and that it still had firefighters at the scene at around 7.30am today.

Green Watch have had a busy night crews have worked extremely hard throughout the night. We have a couple of crews on scene at the incident in Rickmansworth and a reinspection of the fire in Barkway will be carried out later. White Watch will be with you from 08:00 #staysafe

— Herts Fire Control (@HertsFRSControl) July 23, 2024

Kings Langley Fire Station said it had been called out at 2am to continue damping down the blaze and shared photos of firefighters hosing down the property.

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It is understood that no one was trapped inside the building and everyone has been accounted for, although the cause of the fire is not yet known.

A witness who drove past the scene said the two-storey home was “well alight” already by around 4.15pm and was still not out by 5.30pm.

Another resident said the firefighters appeared to be getting the flames under control at around 6.50pm, but by 7.20pm the glass part at the highest point of the two-storey home’s roof collapsed.