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Motorhome fire

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Firefighters using breathing apparatus and one hose reel jet to extinguish the fire in the engine compartment - Photo: Garry Sandison

FIREFIGHTERS in Shetland were called out to a second vehicle fire this week when the engine of a motorhome parked in the Tesco car park caught fire on Thursday afternoon at 5pm.

The blaze was quickly put out leaving the engine compartment badly damaged.

On Wednesday a Scottish Water tanker caught fire on the main A970 road near Quarff.

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