Chip pan fire in flat.TWO people needed hospital treatment after a chip pan blaze. Fire crews were called to Birtley Villas sheltered accommodation in Lansbury Drive, Birtley, Gateshead, on Tuesday night. A pan left unattended in a ground floor flat had overheated and filled the building with smoke. A man, 68, was led to safety from the flat by firefighters and was treated by paramedics at the scene for smoke inhalation Smoke Inhalation Definition Smoke inhalation is breathing in the harmful gases, vapors, and particulate matter contained in smoke. Description Smoke inhalation typically occurs in victims or firefighters caught in structural fires. before being taken to Gateshead's Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital can refer to one of several hospitals named after either Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom or Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: Australia
Another resident was also taken to hospital suffering the effects of smoke. Crews from Birtley and Washington stations were alerted by alarms. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion