Elderly woman seriously ill after bungalow blaze
A pensioner is in a serious condition after a fire at her bungalow in North Wales. The fire broke out at around 10.45pm on Wednesday, 26th January.
Mrs Lloyd was rescued from the property and taken to Whiston Hospital in Merseyside where she remains in a critical condition.
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said “This incident clearly highlights the importance of smoke alarms – in this case the alarms were linked to a system which alerted us to the fire.”
An investigation by North Wales Fire and Rescue Service and the North Wales Police has begun to determine what started the fire.
Two people in critical condition after child starts fire with cigarette lighter
Two people are in a critical condition in hospital after a house fire in Bentilee. One child also required hospital treatment and three others escaped unhurt.
The incident happened on the morning of Monday 20th December and is thought to have been started by a three year old child playing with a cigarette lighter.
Firefighters took over an hour to put out the fire which started in one of the bedrooms. Luckily the smoke alarms were triggered which enabled the children in the other bedroom to evacuate the building quickly.
Mick Daniels, Newcastle station manager said “This incident highlights the importance of smoke alarms – without them the other children would not have been aware of the fire until it had developed further and could have then ended up trapped.”
The local community are helping the family, who lost most of their possessions in the fire, by collecting clothes, food and even Christmas presents.