Man suffers serious injuries following car fire in Shrewsbury
A man was today in a critical condition at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital following a car fire in Shrewsbury yesterday afternoon.
The fire broke out in the vehicle at the Battlefield Heritage Park car park around 3.20pm yesterday.
The man was trapped inside the car and was released from the vehicle by emergency services. He had suffered serious burns when emergency services arrived at the scene, he had also gone into cardiac arrest.
Fire service personnel and ambulance crews worked together to release the man from the vehicle, give him CPR and attend to the burns.
The cause of the blaze is unknown.
Police have appealed for witnesses to the incident to call 101.
