A PERSON has been hospitalised after being rescued from a property blaze in Chard this morning.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received multiple calls reporting a large fire at a domestic property in Brutton Way, Chard at 3.15am on Thursday, June 26.
Crews from Chard and Axminster were rushed to the scene, with Chard crews arriving first and reporting smoke and flames issuing from a first floor flat in a two-storey building with someone still inside.
Fire control then sent Crewkerne and Ilminster fire crews, specialist appliances from Honiton and an operational support unit from Martock.
Once at the scene, Axminster, Ilminster and Crewkerne fire crews carried on fighting the fire and also attempting to prevent any potential fire spread to neighbouring properties.
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A spokesperson for Axminster Fire Station said: “Chard [crews] had made rapid entry and had already rescued the single occupier of this property who was now being treated for minor injuries and smoke inhalation by firefighters whilst waiting for South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.”
The fire was fully extinguished, alongside all hot spots, by 6am and all fire crews returned to their home fire stations soon after.
The spokesperson for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: “The property was 80 per cent smoke damaged and 60 per cent damaged by fire. The cause was accidental.
“One occupant was rescued from the house and treated at the scene by crews and has been taken to hospital by land ambulance.”
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 03.31hrs on Thursday, June 26 to an incident in Chard.
"We sent a double-crewed land ambulance, a rapid response vehicle and an operations officer to the scene and we conveyed one patient by land ambulance to Musgrove Park Hospital.”
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