Dozens of firefighters rush to tackle fire in tower block in Southsea

MORE than 30 firefighters were scrambled to tackle a blaze in a high-rise block of flats.

Crews from across Southsea, Cosham, Portchester and Havant were mobilised after a fire sparked in a first-floor kitchen of 23-storey tower in Greetham Street, Southsea, earlier today.

The emergency was reported at 4.02pm with the first officers taking just four minutes to arrive at the scene.

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Crews used two breathing apparatuses, two jets and a hose reel to extinguish the fire before using fans to ventilate the flat.

Nobody was injured during the incident, the fire service said, with a spokeswoman adding the fire was ‘not a serious one’ and was dealt with ‘pretty quickly’.

Firefighters left the scene at 4.32pm