A FIRE believed to have been started by "direct sunlight refraction" caused damage to a property in Walton-in-Gordano earlier this morning (Wednesday, May 15).
Crews from Clevedon and Portishead Firefighters were called to the scene just after 10.30am, where they discovered a blaze which had started on the first floor.
Firefighters managed to extinguish the flames before they carried out further inspections to ensure there was no fire spread to the roof space.
A spokesperson from the Clevedon Firefighters team said: "Just after 10.30am this morning crews from Clevedon and Portishead Firefighters were called to a property in Walton-In-Gordano where a fire had started on the first floor.
"Crews in breathing apparatus were committed to the building and extinguished the fire before remaining scene monitoring and carrying out further inspections to ensure there was no fire spread to the roof space.
"The fire is believed to have started due to direct sunlight refraction."
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