Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Fore Street, Liskeard at 27/06/2013 14:09

At 14:09 this afternoon, a call was received to an incident where water was coming through a ground floor ceiling from the flats above, one appliance with six firefighters were mobilised to the scene to investigate. On crews arrival they found the fire alarms sounding, fortunately one of the neighbours had investigated the cause of the alarm and pulled a neighbour from a flat which had smoke issuing from it. A sprinkler system in the flat had activated, this water was causing the water to flood into the shop below. On the discovery of the fire a request for ‘make pumps two’, a second appliance with six firefighters from Callington was mobilised to the scene. Crews entered the flat wearing two breathing apparatus and one hose reel; crews extinguished the fire in the property involving a sofa. The casualty was treated for smoke inhalation by Ambulance Paramedics and was taken to hospital via Air Ambulance. Once the fire was extinguished, crews isolated the buildings water supply to stop the sprinkler system from running. A positive pressure ventilation fan was used to clear smoke from the building. An investigation on scene by firefighters established the cause of the fire as having come from smoking materials igniting the sofa involved.

There are no more details available on this incident.