{"id":167715,"date":"2025-06-08T13:48:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T13:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/167715\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T13:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T13:48:21","slug":"man-treated-as-fire-breaks-out-in-block-of-flats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/167715\/","title":{"rendered":"Man treated as fire breaks out in block of flats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Major emergency response called<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-08-at-104427-1.jpg\" alt=\"Emergency services on Cumberland Road\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Emergency services on Cumberland Road(Image: Paul Gillis\/BristolLive)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man has been treated by paramedics after a fire broke out in a block of flats this morning, Sunday, June 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">All three emergency services were called to the scene of a flat fire on Cumberland Road around 10.30am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A fire involving unattended cooking on the hob broke out on the third floor of a five-storey building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One man was treated at the scene by paramedics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/news\/bristol-news\/live-major-emergency-response-residential-10247872\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow our blog here for the latest updates.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">At the time of the incident, a witness told BristolLive: &#8220;Four fire engines and two ambulances. There were firefighters in breathing apparatus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Firefighters extinguished the fire and cleared the smoke.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-08-at-104427-2.jpg\" alt=\"Emergency services on Cumberland Road\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Emergency services on Cumberland Road(Image: Paul Gillis\/BristolLive)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/avon-fire-and-rescue\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Avon Fire and Rescue<\/a> Service has warned residents not to leave anything on the hob unattended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They added that residents should regularly check smoke alarms are working.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesperson for Avon Fire Rescue Service said: &#8220;At approximately 10.30am this morning fire crews attended a fire in the Redcliffe area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The fire involved a fire in a third floor flat in a building of five floors in total. The fire involved cooking left unattended on the hob.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Crews extinguished it using a carbon dioxide extinguisher and they used a positive pressure ventilation fan to clear the smoke from the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;One male casualty was treated on the scene by ambulance personnel. Crews left the scene about 11am.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Major emergency response calledEmergency services on Cumberland Road(Image: Paul Gillis\/BristolLive) A man has been treated by paramedics after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[18680,381,748,393,4884,9027,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-167715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-avon-fire-and-rescue","9":"tag-bristol","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-redcliffe","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114648062605668787","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}