Four people rescued from house blaze in Westcliff

FOUR residents were lead to safety by firefighters following an early morning blaze in Westcliff.
The fire sparked inside the front door of the house which had several flats in Hamlet Court Road.
After arriving shortly after 2.15am on Friday (7/9) sub officer Kevin Colby lead the residents to safety and joined firefighters from Leigh and Southend in putting out the flames before searching the smoke logged building.
All four rescued people were taken to Southend Hospital for further care and one was treated for a leg injury.
A joint probe between the fire service and police has been launched to establish the cause of the fire.
Anyone with information should call Southend police station on 101.

Comments (2)

9:05am Fri 7 Sep 12

APR says...

Was this the North side of H-C-R ?
Was this the North side of H-C-R ? APR

11:04am Fri 7 Sep 12

emcee says...

No, it was just outside the Balkans a few miles west of Poland.
Boo, hiss...
No, it was just outside the Balkans a few miles west of Poland. Boo, hiss... emcee

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