Electrical socket catches fire in cladded highrise building in Leeds
Crews from five stations were sent to a cladded highrise block of flats in Leeds when an electrical socket caught fire.
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service was alerted shortly after 10.15pm on Wednesday night when a fire began in a seventh floor flat in Cross Chancellor Street.
A spokesperson said crews used two sets of breathing apparatus, a dry powder fire extinguisher and a high powered fan to deal with the fire and rid the flat of smoke.
They said an electrical socket in a seventh floor flat of a cladded highrise block of flats had been involved in the fire.
They added that no injuries were reported and smoke detectors had been working at the time of the incident.
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