Firefighters called to help with flooding in Tingewick and Buckingham

Bucks Fire & Rescue Service was called to help with flooding after yesterday’s storm in Tingewick and Buckingham.

Fire crews from Newport Pagnell and Wheatley were called out to Main Street, Tingewick, just before 5pm yesterday (Monday, June 12).

The firefighters used a lightweight portable pump and major pump to redirect water flow out and away from properties.

They provided safety advice to the occupants in the properties effected by the water. A full road closure was put in place.

At 5.50pm yesterday, Fire crews from West Ashland and Aylesbury were called out to flooding in Foscott Way, Buckingham, where external floodwater was affecting a single-storey property.

The firefighters isolated the electric supply and provided advice.

At 6.45pm yesterday, a reader contacted the Bucks Herald to say: “Huge shout out to the villagers of Tingewick out in force to direct drivers safely through their flooded village. I am extremely grateful to them.”

Hi Hannah. We were very lucky this time. From the sheer rainfall It came in the back of the house slightly but we spent an hour bailing it out.

Residents on March Edge, Buckingham, were again affected by floodwater yesterday, but residents managed to pump it out themselves.

One resident told the Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser: “We had to pump at the front to save the two houses down from us flooding again.

“Bucks Council called asking if we needed anything, which was nice. Thankfully, we were all sorted. The fire brigade wouldn't come out - I'm guessing other places were bad too.”