For the a slimmed-down version of the Goole Times, please go to the mobile version of this site

Homes evacuated due to blaze

Published on 22nd November 2007 in News

Seven people had to be evacuated after a fire on Salisbury Avenue in Goole during the early hours of Saturday.

A three-storey property and two adjoining properties were smoke-logged after fire broke out after an electrical heater was left on in an outhouse. Two crews from Goole attended around 6.20am and used breathing apparatus, a hose-reel and a positive pressure ventilation fan to tackle the fire and its aftermath.

Paramedics were also requested to treat three people suffering from smoke inhalation but they were not taken to hospital. The gas supply was isolated as a precaution.

Dan Hind, spokesperson for Humberside Fire and Rescue, advised people not to leave electrical heaters switched on if they were unattended.

Also in News

Shoplifter faces threat of prison

A man has been told he could be imprisoned after he admitted five counts of theft.

Boozy rider caught

A man was caught drink-driving while on bail for a similar offence.

Praise for council

The outcome of the annual inspection of services for children and young people in the region has been published and shows that the East Riding of Yorkshire Council \'delivers

Elderly man assaulted while sitting in car

Police are seeking witnesses to an assault on a 78-year-old man in Howden.