Two women taken to hospital after Southsea kitchen fire

FIREFIGHTERS attended a Southsea house blaze in the early hours of this morning – with two women taken to hospital.
By Steve Deeks
Published 31st Aug 2020, 12:55 BST
Updated 31st Aug 2020, 15:45 BST
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The kitchen fire in Dartmouth Mews, near Southsea Common, saw the women taken to Queen Alexandra Hospital after the kitchen fire which started at 1.20am.

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Crews from Southsea Fire Station attended the incident along with an ambulance.

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A spokesman for the fire station said: ‘It was a small kitchen fire caused by cooking.

‘Two females were taken to hospital as a precaution.’

Two fire appliances consisting of nine firefighters and a senior officer attended the fire.

The fire was extinguished shortly after firefighters arrived on scene.

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