Outhouse fire spreads to a flat in Pontefract

A woman had to be given oxygen at the scene of a flat fire in the early hours of today (Tuesday).

She had suffered smoke inhalation and was also treated by fire crews before the ambulance they had requested arrived.

A woman was treated for smoke inhalation following a flat fireplaceholder image
A woman was treated for smoke inhalation following a flat fire

The crew had been called at 12.18am to an outhouse fire which had spread to a flat at Blackburn Court in Pontefract.

Appliances from Normanton and Wakefield attended and used one hose reel, two crew members wearing breathing apparatus and a high powered fan used to extinguish the flames and clear the smoke.

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