United Kingdom - A New pounds 100,000 fire engine designed to tackle small blazes is to be launched. The Mercedes vehicle at Burton fire station can carry 800 litres of water and is fitted with firefighting equipment and CCTV cameras. It is known as a targeted response vehicle and will be crewed by two teams of three to four firefighters between 10.30am and 10.30pm each day.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue says the vehicle has advantages over normal fire appliances because it is smaller and can access difficult-to-reach fires.

Mick Archer, area commander for East Staffordshire, said: "Unfortunately, a large proportion of fires we attend now are small, deliberately-started fires.

"This new vehicle has been purposely designed to deal with this type of incident, particularly as it can get to areas where a normal fire appliance wouldn't be able to access."

The vehicle will be launched at Burton fire station at 11am on Monday.

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