Sun starts blaze at Colby home

Winter sunlight focused through a glass lamp sparked a fire at a house in Colby yesterday.

Firefighters were called to Cronk-Y-Thatcher shortly before 11pm last night when the householder arrived home to find it full of smoke.

A spherical glass bedside lamp set fire to a paperback book and table.

Fire crews took 45 minutes to deal with the blaze, and nobody was injured during the incident.

Information From; Station Officer Tony Duncan

Date of Incident; 30th October 2018

Time of Call; 22.47hrs

Crews Attending; 2 Appliances from Port Erin and Duty Officer

Incident Details; Reported Structure (House)... https://t.co/AXgjSAhkL8

— IOM Fire & Rescue (@iomfire) October 31, 2018