AN immersion heater caught fire in a Newton Abbot home’s bathroom yesterday evening, Tuesday.

A Fire Control spokesperson reports: ‘Crews from Newton Abbot and Torquay attended reports of a property fire at around 8.30pm.

‘On arrival crews discovered there had been a fire involving an immersion heater in a bathroom cupboard.

‘Crews used two breathing apparatus, one hose reel jet, one covering jet, one thermal imaging camera and a gas monitor to deal with the fire.