Residents evacuated from Dundee flats fire
A fire broke out in a block of flats in Dundee at around 10.30pm on 25th April.
Firefighters quickly evacuated around fifteen people from the flats in Garland Place. The fire spread quickly to the roof of the building but was eventually extinguished at around 6.30am the following morning.
Station manager Roy Dunsire said: “The building has been severely damaged by the fire – so much so that we have structural engineers in place to assess the structural integrity of the building.”
Two residents required treatment for smoke inhalation and a firefighter suffered a minor injury.
An investigation is underway to establish the cause of the blaze.
Family escape to roof after tumble drier catches fire
A family of 3 had to escape onto the roof of their home in East Sussex after a tumble drier caught fire.
Three crews from East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service attended the incident at the Royal Oak Inn, near Hastings at approximately 2.45am on Thursday morning. On arrival they found two adults and a child on the roof of the building.
The family were thankfully alerted to the fire quickly when the smoke alarms sounded.
A spokesperson for East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service told The Argus: “It was only a small fire in the tumble drier but three people had to be rescued from the roof. There was a lot of smoke in the building below so they couldn’t get down so they climbed onto the roof.”
No one was injured in the fire.