Fire crews were called to reports of a fire at a derelict property in Newton Abbot earlier this evening.
The service received reports of a fire just after 6pm at an unused building on Bradley Lane.
Crews from Totnes, Torquay, Bovey Tracey and Newton Abbot were mobilised to the incident along with an aerial platform from Torquay, an incident command unit from Totnes and an environmental protection unit from Newton Abbot due to asbestos.
The fire service have stated that cause of the fire was deliberate.