Lucky escape for family after fire breaks out in bedroom

Two adults and three children escaped from a fire thought to have been caused by an electrical fault in a bedroom.

Firefighters from Redhill and Springbourne were called to the fire in Junction Road in Winton at around 4am on Saturday and soon requested backup from a Westbourne crew after the fire worsened.  The family tried to escape from the building but were trapped by fumes at the back of the house. Luckily firefighters found them and managed to get them out safely.

A Dorset Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said the cause of the fire was believed to be an electrical fault, starting in a bedroom.

Station manager Richard Coleman, who was at the scene, said “We think the people were incredibly lucky to get out with their lives, the fire was very close to their bedrooms. The smoke alarms would have alerted them very early on that there was a fire and would have prevented the injuries and smoke inhalation that put them in hospital.”

The family was treated in hospital on Saturday for smoke inhalation and the father had suffered burns to his hands.

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