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Published on: 25/04/2017 06:22 AMReported by: roving-eye
Time and Date: 25/04/2017 03:41
Address: Promenade, Blackpool
Incident Number: 1704009564
Press statement:
The 999 call reported that people may be trapped inside a three-storey residential building divided into flats. Eight fire engines and crews were assigned in order to provide sufficient firefighters equipped with breathing apparatus to conduct search and rescue operations and fight a fire on the 1st floor. In addition to two fire engines and crews from Blackpool, two from St Annes, and one each from South Shore, Bispham, Preesall and Fleetwood, a fire engine and crew from Fulwood accompanied the station's Command Support Unit and specialist Breathing Apparatus support from Preston attended.
At 5.36am the incident is still ongoing and updates will follow when available.
At 5.39am it was confirmed that everyone in the flats when the fire started had got out safely and there were no casualties.
At 6.15am the fire is out and three fire engines and crews remain at the incident. Some shoring-up of the building is be carried out by a specialist fire crew from Chorley/Bamber Bridge to make it safe for fire investigators to enter the premises. The cause of the fire is to be established.
A total of 19 breathing apparatus sets were in use at the height of the fire, together with four hosereel jets, a portable ventilation fan unit and thermal imaging cameras.
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