Woman rescued from Oswestry house fire
Firefighters rescued a woman from the upstairs bedroom of a house following a fire in Oswestry early this morning. The woman was treated at the scene by ambulance staff before being taken to hospital.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were alerted to reports of a fire at thr property on York Street, Oswestry at 5:22am this morning.
The alarm was raised by a passerby when they saw flames coming from the downstairs of a terraced property.
A lady in her 20’s had escaped from the upstairs at the rear of the property onto a ground floor roof, she alerted local residents to the fact that another lady was still inside the property.
Two local residents attempted to enter the front of the property to rescue the lady inside but were beaten back by the flames and the intense heat.
On arrival firefighters found a well developed fire, a team of breathing apparatus wearers with hose reel jets entered the property fighting the fire and attempting to locate the lady inside. They rescued the woman from an upstairs bedroom and she was treated at the scene by ambulance and then conveyed to hospital.
The fire was confined to the ground floor with the first floor severely smoke logged. The cause of the fire is under investigation, however early indications are that this fire is not suspicious.
The property had three smoke alarms, two of which had no batteries, fortunately the third smoke alarm although incorrectly sited activated.
Appliances from Oswestry, Chirk and Ellesmere attended the scene.
