Fire crews rescue man from blaze in block of flats
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a man from a blaze in a communal stairwell in a block of flats.
Crews were called to Dorchester End, Colchester, at around 3.56pm.
On arrival, crews reported that the stairwell of a three storey block of flats was heavily smoke logged and rescued a man from inside.
Firefighters gave oxygen therapy to the man who suffered smoke inhalation and he was left in the care of the smbulance service.
Firefighters extinguished the fire by 4:20pm.
An investigation into the cause of the fire will be carried out.
Station Manager Danny Partridge, Incident Commander said: "Crews responded quickly to extinguish this fire and we'd like to thank the residents for their co-operation while we put this fire out."
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