Time Incident Posted: 17:20
Incident Date: 29/03/2024
Incident Location: Sturdee Road, Leicester
Incident Number: 55287
Incident Type: Fire Domestic
Initial Emergency Call Received: 16:42
Fire and Rescue Service Vehicles Attended: 1 appliance from Southern Station and 1 x appliance from Wigston Station and Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle.
Officer(s) in Charge of Incident: Watch Manager
Time Incident Closed:
Damage: 5% to bedroom
Believed Cause: Accidental - Discarded smoking material
Initial Information: Call received from occupier reporting a fire within a bedroom.
Updated Incident Information: Upon Fire Service arrival, confirmation of smoke issuing from first floor window and all persons accounted for. Four Breathing Apparatus, Two Hose Reel Jets and One Covering Jet in use to extinguish the fire.
Two pet cats have been rescued from ground floor.
One male casualty with slight smoke inhalation being assessed by EMAS.
Fire extinguished, all Breathing Apparatus withdrawn and property being ventilated using positive pressure ventilation.
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