Fire breaks out at Leeds high rise in middle of the night

It happened at the Appleton Square block in Appleton Way, Burmantofts, at around 3am on Monday morning.

Firefighters put out the small fire before leading one person from the flat to safety.

Paramedics gave the occupier a precautionary check up.

Fire crews from Leeds and Killingbeck attended the fire.

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