Wisbech flat fire sees three treated by paramedics after emergency …
A fire in a three-storey Wisbech[1] building has left two children and a woman needing treatment for smoke inhalation. Firefighters were called to the incident at Nene Quay in Wisbech early on Friday morning (November 3).
A Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue[2] spokesperson said: "At 4.28am on Friday, crews from Wisbech and Thorney, along with crews from Outwell and West Walton in Norfolk, were called to a fire on Nene Quay in Wisbech.
"Firefighters arrived to find a well-developed fire in a three-storey building, involving a first floor flat. Wearing breathing apparatus, they extinguished the fire using a hose reel and cleared the smoke using a positive pressure ventilation fan.
"Three casualties were treated for smoke inhalation and left in the care of ambulance crews. The crews returned to their stations by 6.30am. The cause of the fire was accidental."
An East of England Ambulance Service[5] spokesperson said: “We were called at 4.30am to a fire in a building in Nene Quay in Wisbech. An ambulance, ambulance officer vehicle and a rapid response car were sent to the scene.
"Three patients – an adult woman and two children – were transported to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.”
Cambridgeshire Police[6] said they attended the incident to 'help manage the scene'.
References
- ^ Wisbech (www.cambridge-news.co.uk)
- ^ Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue (www.cambridge-news.co.uk)
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- ^ East of England Ambulance Service (www.cambridge-news.co.uk)
- ^ Cambridgeshire Police (www.cambridge-news.co.uk)