CHAGFORD firefighters were called to the scene of an accident where a car had been in collision with a telegraph pole, went over a hedge and caught fire at Sandy Gate in Chagford, at around 11.30pm last Friday .
All four occupants were out of the vehicle by the time the fire crew arrived and were suffering from shock and small bruises to their hands, but were taken to hospital as a precaution.
Firefighters used two sets of breathing apparatus and two hosereels to extinguish the fire.
They were at the scene for around two hours making the road safe.