FIREFIGHTERS from Norbury station had a busy night shift on Sunday, attending four separate incidents.
At 7.50pm crews were called to a collision outside Tesco in Thornton Heath High Street following a collision between two vehicles which left a woman with leg injuries.
"A family in one of the cars were out quickly and were pretty much unharmed," said a member of red watch, the team on duty.
"The other car had a driver and a passenger. On arrival the passenger was said to be suffering from leg pain.
"So we stabilised the vehicle and then we helped the ambulance crew gain access.
"They took about 15 minutes to assess the situation and then they strapped her leg in a brace.
"We stood by while they assisted her out of the car, as we weren't too sure whether the roof would need to be taken off.
"As it turned out they managed to get her out onto the stretcher by bending the door back."
Red watch was out again at 11.30pm after a car ploughed into a wall in Streatham High Road at the junction with Green Lane.
"The car had gone across from the traffic lights and embedded itself into the surrounding boundary wall of a block of flats.
"It took out six metres of wall and railings and ended up balanced on top of the wall.
"There was a family inside the car but no one was injured. They had all left the vehicle before we arrived.
"Police attended and are investigating the cause."
The third incident occurred at around 3.30am. Crews were sent to a car alight in Green Lane, around 200 yards away from the earlier incident.
"That turned out to be a car that had come off the road and struck a BT phone kiosk.
"It absolutely destroyed it and came to rest on its side leaning against a lamppost.
"One driver was involved and he was stood by the side of the road relatively unscathed when we arrived.
"We made sure the vehicle was safe and remained at the scene to make sure the electrical supply to the phone box was safe
Red watch also attended a small fire caused by an electrical fault on a car parked in someone's driveway.
Speaking about the eventful night, the red watch spokesman said: "It wasn't just fire alarms which made it more interesting.
"It was quite busy, like the olden days."
