Fire at city towerblock (From Daily Echo)
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Fire at flat on West Park Road in Southampton
11:22am Monday 15th October 2012 in News
By Melanie Adams, Health Reporter
Scene of the blaze in West Park Road
RESIDENTS from a Hampshire tower block were evacuated from their homes this morning after a fire broke out on the third floor.
Firefighters from across the city headed to West Park Road, in Southampton, to the block of flats where the blaze started just before 10.30am.
Families and their young children could only stand and watch as around 40 firefighters headed into the building to tackle the small fire, while those on the higher floors stayed inside and watched from their windows.
One mum Kirsty Hopkins, who has a 20-month-old son, Callum, was heading back from shopping when she saw the fire engines racing past but was shocked to find them parked outside her home a few minutes later.
She said: “You hear the fire engines all the time but you don't expect them to be outside your home. It was a shock, especially because there were so many firefighters, but everyone was evacuated safely which is a relief.”
At around 11.30am, residents were informed by police that it was safe to go back inside their homes as only two flats were damaged by the flames.
However they were warned to take extra care as the corridors were water logged.
An investigation is now underway to establish the cause of the fire.
Comments(13)
Eric_Cartman
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11:31am Mon 15 Oct 12
G0Rf wrote:Yes, fairly often
is this the brand new block of flats?
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sass
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1:03pm Mon 15 Oct 12
Shoong
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1:05pm Mon 15 Oct 12
solents
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3:01pm Mon 15 Oct 12
Shoong wrote:That's a bit homophobic. . .!
We should probably blame it on fags.
lolly2012
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4:49pm Mon 15 Oct 12
VConcerned
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4:55pm Mon 15 Oct 12
VConcerned
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4:59pm Mon 15 Oct 12
chunky_lover
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5:59pm Mon 15 Oct 12
memush
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7:21pm Mon 15 Oct 12
lolly2012 wrote:If you do not need them all, some can be returned to station--the important thing is to have sufficient there initially should they all be needed.
This report makes it sound a lot more dramatic than it was. There were a lot of firemen that parts true.
Sovietobserver
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7:36pm Mon 15 Oct 12
Shoong wrote:A resident left his home with a chip pan still on. Source of information ,BBC.
We should probably blame it on fags.
IronLady2010
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8:50pm Mon 15 Oct 12
Sovietobserver wrote:A chip pan at 10:30am?
Shoong wrote:A resident left his home with a chip pan still on. Source of information ,BBC.
We should probably blame it on fags.
Sovietobserver
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9:26pm Mon 15 Oct 12
G0Rf says...
11:25am Mon 15 Oct 12
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