FIREFIGHTERS including Delabole’s station manager Mark Saltern provided fire safety cover on the set of filming for Doc Martin last week.

Mr Saltern posted a video to his Twitter account on Friday, showing fire breaking out at a yurt, with filming taking place at Bowithick.

He said: “It all went to plan. They were doing something with this yurt and wanted to set fire to it so we were there for cover.

“It was mainly Al Large and the girlfriend in the series filming there — I imagine they are going away, staying in this yurt, had a little accident and it caught fire.

“We have helped [with filming for Doc Martin] in the past over the years — we have provided water for rain!”