{"id":185331,"date":"2025-06-15T03:14:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T03:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185331\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T03:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T03:14:16","slug":"family-has-lucky-escape-as-flames-rip-through-family-home-in-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185331\/","title":{"rendered":"Family has &#8216;lucky escape&#8217; as flames rip through family home in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thankfully no one was injured in the blaze which broke out on Johnson Close in Hodge Hill<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1_fed7c6a3-dc81-49d0-ae08-1c24f9f75ef4JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Crews battled a significant blaze which engulfed a house on Johnson Close, Hodge Hill\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Crews battled a significant blaze which engulfed a house on Johnson Close, Hodge Hill(Image: Zeeshan)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A family had a lucky escape when a fire broke out in their <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It is understood a fence caught alight before flames spread to all floors and the roof space of a property on Johnson Close in Hodge Hill just after 10.20am on Saturday (June 14).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Neighbours alerted the occupants who quickly evacuated and called West Midlands Fire Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/avoid-area-warning-20-firefighters-31857278\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More: &#8220;Avoid area&#8221; warning as 20 firefighters battle significant house fire in Birmingham<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Around 20 firefighters attended and deployed a hydraulic platform in their efforts to bring the blaze under control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">No one was hurt in the incident but the public were warned to avoid the cul-de-sac during the operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The fire service said at 2.15pm that crews had stripped the roof back to the timber frames and the gas and electrics had been isolated.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749957256_464_2_33f0931a-2300-482c-bd5f-65fd31a709ea-1JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Five appliances and a hydraulic platform tackle a fire on Johnson Close, Hodge Hill\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Five appliances and a hydraulic platform tackle a fire on Johnson Close, Hodge Hill(Image: Zeeshan)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Around 50 per cent of the ground, first floor and roof space had been gutted and they were awaiting the arrival of the structural engineer to assess the damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Local Councillor Majid Mahmood (Bromford and Hodge Hill) had been in contact with the occupants who wanted to express their deep gratitude to the firefighters and neighbours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Coun Mahmood said: &#8220;The family and I are incredibly thankful to the brave firefighters who responded so quickly and fearlessly to the incident on Johnson Close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Due to their swift action, there were no injuries, and everyone is safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get the latest BirminghamLive news direct to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I have spoken to the family of those involvement and confirmed that nobody has been hurt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The family are hugely thankful to their neighbours for their support throughout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Also, thank you to the residents who have been in contact and offering support.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thankfully no one was injured in the blaze which broke out on Johnson Close in Hodge HillCrews battled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15,58500,13284],"class_list":{"0":"post-185331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-washwood-heath-and-hodge-hill","15":"tag-west-midlands-fire-service"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114685205894520854","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185331","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=185331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}