A PERSON has been hospitalised this morning for smoke inhalation after being rescued from a property blaze in Yeovil.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received reports of smoke and the smell of burning coming from inside a domestic property in Eliotts Drive, Yeovil at 2.24am this morning (Thursday, April 17).
Three fire engines were sent in response, two from Yeovil Fire Station and one from Sherbourne, to the reports and gained entry once at the scene.
The crews confirmed the property was alight due to a fire that had started in the kitchen of the property and rescued one adult who was still inside the smoking building.
Fire crews extinguished the fire using breathing apparatus, hoses, a thermal image camera and smoke clearance fan.
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The person rescued from the property had suffered smoke inhalation and was seen by paramedics on the scene who took them to Yeovil District Hospital in a double-crewed ambulance.
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 2.27am on Thursday, April 17 to an incident in Yeovil.
“We sent one double-crewed land ambulance, and an operations officer to the scene. We conveyed one patient by land ambulance to Yeovil District Hospital.”
The cause of the fire was found to be accidental.
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