Fire crews rescue man from bedsit fire

Fire crews have rescued a man from a fire in a second floor bedroom after receiving reports of fire alarms from the building.

Two appliances from Camels Head were mobilised in the early hours of Wednesday morning (16 October) following a report to the Fire Service Control Room of fire alarms activating in Devonport Road in the Stoke area of Plymouth.

On arrival at the scene crews got to work to gain access to a bedsit from which the alarm was sounding.

Forced entry was made to a second floor bedroom, where a fire was located and one male was rescued suffering from smoke inhalation.

Crews used two breathing apparatus and one hose reel to extinguish a small fire which slightly damaged the second floor bedroom. The male occupant was given oxygen therapy by fire service personnel and left in the care of the ambulance service.