Two still in hospital almost six months on from terrifying fire near …
Two people remain in hospital almost six months after a man was seen ‘on fire’ in the road near a city barber shop.
Four casualties were taken to hospital following the terrifying broad daylight incident, which happened on Stamfordham Road in Westerhope,[1] Newcastle on the the morning of May 23.
Two suffered serious injuries and the Chronicle can reveal that they are still in the city’s Royal Victoria Infirmary, almost six months on from the fire.
After the incident shocked residents told the Chronicle they heard shouting and witnessed a “man on fire” lying in the road.
One said: “We heard screaming and footsteps and saw a man lying in the road. There were people trying to help.”
The scene of Stamfordham Road in Westerhope (Image: Chronicle Live)
Another said they witnessed a passing lorry driver jump out of their vehicle and use a fire extinguisher on a person lying in the road.
They added: “The lorry driver was the first one there trying to help. He’d grabbed a fire extinguisher from the lorry and was trying to help a man who was on fire in the road. Lots of people quickly came to help.”
Police, paramedics, fire crews and the Great North Air Ambulance Service all attended the incident. Crews from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service[2] (TWFRS) were on the scene in four minutes and gave emergency first aid to two people outside the building.
A Northumbria Police[3] spokeswoman has confirmed that enquiries into the incident are continuing.
References
- ^ Westerhope, (www.chroniclelive.co.uk)
- ^ Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (www.chroniclelive.co.uk)
- ^ Northumbria Police (www.chroniclelive.co.uk)