Person needs treatment as emergency crews attend Portsmouth bedroom fire

By Steve Deeks

Published 2nd Sep 2021, 08:29 BST

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A PROPERTY blaze saw emergency crews attend the scene before an occupant was treated for smoke inhalation.

Firefighters from Cosham and Portchester were called to a first-floor bedroom house fire at 12.20pm in Braintree Road, Paulsgrove, yesterday.

Paramedics also attended the incident before treating the individual. ‘We were called to a property fire. We sent to the scene an ambulance officer and no one was taken to hospital,’ a spokeswoman for South Central Ambulance Service said.

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The fire was put out using hose reels, a covering jet and positive pressure ventilation fan.

Crews treated the occupant for smoke inhalation before paramedics arrived.

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