Three men rescued from flat fire



Three men were rescued from a flat fire in Boundary Lane, Burscough.

 

 

Two engines from Ormskirk and one from Tarlton were called to the blaze at 3.15am yesterday (Tuesday, March 25).

 

 

Ormskirk firefighters are treating the incident as accidental and believe the fire was caused by a cigarette in the lounge of the first-floor flat.

 

 

When the fire service arrived at the scene there were flames coming through the lounge window upstairs, and considerable smoke coming out through other windows.

 

 

On entering the property firefighters found one man in the lounge and one in the bedroom. One of the men was unconscious, and the other was calling for help.

 

 

They were taken out of the room, which was on fire, and down the stairs through the front door.

 

 

The other man was at the window and the fire service rescued him through a first-floor window using a ladder.

 

 

The three men, two of them who were in their 20s and one was in his 60s, were taken to Southport Hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.

 

 

As of yesterday two of the men remained in hospital and the other had signed himself out.

 

 

The fire service were on the scene till about 5am.

 

 

There was considerable fire damage to the lounge, and the rest of the property had severe smoke damage.

 

 

Martin Gallagher was the crew manager of the first fire appliances to attend and said: "The fact that a smoke alarm was in the premises detected the fire and alerted the neighbour. The detector was instrumental in saving their lives."

 

 

Residents can receive free fire safety advice and smoke alarms by phoning 0800 169 1125.

By Henry James  



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