Elderly man hospitalised after chip pan fire in Southend (From Echo)
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Elderly man hospitalised after chip pan fire in Southend
9:07am Sunday 10th June 2012 in Local News
A Southend man was left with burns and suffering from smoke inhalation after a chip pan fire.
The male, believed to be in his sixties, was hurt after the pan in his South Avenue home caught alight at about 7.20pm on Saturday.
He had attempted to put out the flames himself, but was unable to as the blaze had spread too much.
Firefighters from Southend were called to the scene and extinguished the flames by 7.45pm.
Paramedics took the man to Southend Hospital to be treated for his injuries.
Another person who was inside the property at the time of the incident escaped unharmed.
The home has been left with some smoke damage.
Comments(10)
Max Impact
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2:23pm Sun 10 Jun 12
A lie could have destroyed somebodys life.
sav25
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4:38pm Sun 10 Jun 12
v.randy
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7:16pm Sun 10 Jun 12
Totally irresponsible action by a love one?
Or is it an attempt to knock him off for the inheritance.
All sounds iffey to me.
silverwings12
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7:21pm Sun 10 Jun 12
APR
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11:15pm Sun 10 Jun 12
1nails
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11:54pm Sun 10 Jun 12
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The Yellow Peril
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8:35am Mon 11 Jun 12
j-w
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8:53am Mon 11 Jun 12
The Cater Wood Creeper
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12:53pm Mon 11 Jun 12
APR says...
9:35am Sun 10 Jun 12
Strange though (although given the Echo's record), that we can leave comments on this "harmless" story.
When it comes to stories such as
"Woman lied over sexual assault claims"
Oh dear, that's a bit to sensitive to allow the rabble to comment on.