Firefighters scramble to Gosport bedroom blaze caused by heater as smoke seen pouring from window

The blaze had broken out in a top floor flat at Burney House in South Street this morning. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service (HIWFRS) said the fire was caused by an electric heater.

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Medical personnel from South Central Ambulance Service (Scas) were also at the scene shortly before midday. Smoke was seen pouring out of a window. ‘Crews from Gosport, Fareham and Southsea were alerted to a flat fire on South Street, Gosport, shortly before midday,’ the fire service spokesman said.

‘The HIWFRS Control Room received multiple calls reporting the blaze. The bedroom fire within a top floor flat which is believed to have been caused by an electric heater was extinguished by firefighters in breathing apparatus using hose reels, jets and ventilation fans to clear the smoke.

‘Two casualties were treated for smoke inhalation by paramedics. The fire is now out with a number of the crews having already returned to station.’