A number of emergency providers vehiccles are on the scene.
Birmingham tower fireplace reside as crews rush to scene and residents evacuated (Picture: BIRMINGHAM LIVE)
Emergency providers rushed to the scene of a excessive rise tower block fireplace this morning with residents evacuated. The blaze broke out at round 10.21am on Monday, February 23, in a flat on Newhall Road in Birmingham metropolis centre.
Firefighters have been despatched to a fourth-floor property inside a 16-storey constructing after a fireplace was began in a kitchen by accident. Two adults and a baby managed to flee the burning flat earlier than crews arrived and have been later assessed by paramedics. Different residents have been evacuated from the constructing as a precaution. 5 fireplace crews reached the scene inside 4 minutes and remained because the incident continued. A West Midlands Fireplace Service spokesperson mentioned the hearth had been extinguished shortly earlier than 11am. Highway closures and diversions have been put in place nonetheless have now returned to regular.
2 days in the past11:53 Catherine Mackinlay
Video footage of the scene
Video footage exhibits a number of fireplace engines and crews on the Newhall Road incident.
Birmingham: Fireplace crews on the scene of blaze on Newhall Road
Six fireplace engines are reported to be on the scene, based on eyewitnesses, in addition to an ambulance.
We are going to convey you extra updates as they arrive.
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