Portsmouth police outside Southsea flat after blaze broke out in ground floor

POLICE are outside a flat where firefighters tackled a blaze in Southsea last night.
By Emily Jessica Turner
Published 10th Oct 2021, 09:14 BST
Updated 10th Oct 2021, 13:16 BST
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Two fire engines and a fire officer were sent to a residential block in Crabbe Court.

A fire had started in the living room of a ground floor flat.

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Police in Crabbe Court, Southsea, Portsmouth on October 10 2021 after a fire in the early hour of the morning. Picture: Emily Turner Police in Crabbe Court, Southsea, Portsmouth on October 10 2021 after a fire in the early hour of the morning. Picture: Emily Turner
Police in Crabbe Court, Southsea, Portsmouth on October 10 2021 after a fire in the early hour of the morning. Picture: Emily Turner

The stop call came in at 1.11am.

Officers are going door to door this morning.

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A Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service fire investigation van is also in the street.

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Police in Crabbe Court, Southsea, Portsmouth on October 10 2021 after a fire in the early hour of the morning. Picture: Stuart VaizeyPolice in Crabbe Court, Southsea, Portsmouth on October 10 2021 after a fire in the early hour of the morning. Picture: Stuart Vaizey
Police in Crabbe Court, Southsea, Portsmouth on October 10 2021 after a fire in the early hour of the morning. Picture: Stuart Vaizey

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