Emergency services rush to flat fire near Leeds university
Firefighters rushed to the scene
A flat fire in Leeds city centre sparked a large emergency service response this afternoon.
Images on social media showed firefighters as well as ambulances and police at the scene today (October 16).
The Yorkshire Evening Post has been told that they were responding to a flat fire on Kingston Terrace, near the University of Leeds campus. No injuries were reported.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said: “We were called to reports of a flat fire on Kingston Terrace at 14.10 today.
“Three crews attended a fire on the top floor and extinguished it.
“No reports of injuries- the cause has been recorded as a faulty piece of equipment.”
A spokesperson for Yorkshire Ambulance Service added: “Ambulance resources responded to a fire in the Woodhouse area of Leeds this afternoon (16 October), but no patients were conveyed to hospital.”