Six fires in Spelthorne on bank holiday weekend

Fire crews were called at 3.30am, and took more than an hour dousing the flames.

Paul Salter, who lives behind the garage, said: "We were in bed and woken up by the sirens. We stepped outside and saw flames coming out the roof. They were about three feet high. The firemen couldn't get their hose reels to the garage at first because of a low building, so they came rushing around with a fire extinguisher."

The owner of the garage, who was unavailable for comment, lost his Grand Jerokee Jeep to the flames, and neighbouring garages received heavy soot damage.

Fire men found a small amount of asbestos in the ceiling and the floor, but no one was injured in the incident.

Anyone who witnessed the blaze should call detective constable Anne Simpson at Staines CID on 0845 125 2222, quoting reference SL/09/3544.

Later on that day, a silver BMW flipped onto its roof at 7.48pm on the A308 at the Crooked Billet roundabout, in Staines, and firemen were called to cut out the driver.

In the end there was no need and the female was taken to St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, suffering from minor head injuries.

On Sunday April 3 crews from Staines and Sunbury were called to the BP garage in Staines Road West, Ashford as a car was leaking liquid petroleum gas.
The firemen used compressed air to seal the leak.

Onn Saturday April 2, firemen were called to Kingsway, in Stanwell on reports that a bonfire went out of control and set the garden's hedge and fence on fire.

Firemen took about an hour and a quarter extinguishing the flames.

Also on that day at 12.30am, crews from Staines were called to Livingstone Court, Stanwell, on reports of a car fire and took 45 minutes putting out the fire.

On Friday Arpil 1, firefighters from Egham were called to the M3 between junctions one and two 1.40pm after a car's engine caught on fire.

They spent 30 minutes extinguishing the flames.