Whitfield flats sustain water damage after fire in shower

Firefighters from Kingsway East Fire Station had one of their more unusual call-outs when a shower caught fire in a bathroom of a flat in Whitfield on Tuesday.

The firefighters arrived at the flat in Red Admiral Court to find the shower unit in flames and wore breathing apparatus and used a hosereel and a C02 extinguisher to douse the flames.

The bathroom suffered extensive water damage, as did other flats below.

The occupants, two women in their 20s, raised the alarm after evacuating the flat and alerting their neighbours.

Crew manager Alan Park said the two women had followed the correct procedures.

”They heard the smoke alarm and saw the smoke so theyself evacuated the premises and called us,” he said. ”All the other residents were evacuated from the block.

”This incident shows the benefit of having a fitted, working smoke alarm as the premises were quickly evacuated and no one was injured.”

The cause of the fire is under investigation.