Woman and two children rescued from Telford house fire
A woman and her two children were rescued from a house fire in Telford early this morning.
Shropshire Fire & Rescue control room received a call at 00:15 from the occupier of a house in Bembridge Brookside Telford.
The woman was trapped inside her property along with her two children aged 2 and 3 years old.
The Fire Control Operator stayed on the line with the caller until the crews arrived at her property; reassuring and giving fire safety advice throughout.
Upon arrival the crews discovered a fire involving a chip pan located in the ground floor kitchen of the property.
The mother and her children were located immediately in a first floor bedroom and rescued by a Fire Fighter wearing Breathing Apparatus using a short extension ladder that was put up to the window.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The mother and her two children were in a first floor bedroom and were led to safety by firefighters.
“Thankfully, they had only suffered minor smoke inhalation and after being assessed and monitored on the ambulance for a period, they were discharged and did not need to go to hospital.”
Firefighters from Tweedale and Telford extinguished the fire using 2 Hose Reel Jets and 1 Covering Jet.
