A man was forced to shove a smouldering mattress out of a first floor window after it was ignited by a lit cigarette.
Firefighters were called to a house fire on Cargo Fleet Lane yesterday evening.
Cleveland Fire Brigade received reports of a house fire on Cargo Fleet Lane, Ormesby, Middlesbrough , at 8.41pm.
The fire had been caused by a cigarette setting fire to a matress.
On arrival, fire crews found that a man at the address had forced a blazing mattress out of a first floor window and had extinguished a smouldering duvet into a bathtub.
The house sustained fire damage to window frames and some smoke damage throughout the property. Neither the man nor two females at the address were injured.
Two fire crews from Grangetown Fire Station arrived at the incident and used one hose reel, breathing apparatus and ventilation equipment to deal with the smouldering bed sheets.
Grangetown Fire Station watch manager Carl Pearson said: "Luckily nobody was injured. I would have expected the man who threw mattress out of the window to have been burned but somehow he's got away without being hurt.
"Thankfully the smoke alarms in the property were working but it was actually the neighbours who reported the fire when they saw a burning mattress fly past their window.
"I would like to advise people against using smoking materials in bedrooms. Try and smoke outside and make sure you dispose of smoking materials properly."
No comments:
Post a Comment