{"id":90127,"date":"2025-05-10T13:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T13:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/90127\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T13:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T13:15:09","slug":"member-of-public-rescues-man-from-downpatrick-house-fire-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/90127\/","title":{"rendered":"Member of public rescues man from Downpatrick house fire \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A man has been rescued from a house fire in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/downpatrick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/downpatrick\/\">Downpatrick<\/a> as crews continue to monitor a wildfire in Co Tyrone. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">An update from the Northern Ireland Fire &amp; Rescue Service on Saturday afternoon said that regional control staff provided \u201cfire survival guidance\u201d to a man trapped on the first floor of the property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The blaze had started in the garage filling property with smoke, with crews responding from Downpatrick Comber and Ballynahinch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A NIFRS spokesperson added: \u201cA member of the public acted quickly and managed to get the man out of the property with a ladder. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/border-residents-welcome-cheaper-fuel-as-prices-between-north-and-south-flip-for-first-time-in-decades-YJG2MHKRFZHJHLAXSIJTODX6V4\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Border residents welcome cheaper fuel as prices between north and south flip for first time in decades\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746882909_363_PTQXDPY5I5CJBL3SZ24POPBVIY.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/body-recovered-close-to-north-west-200-course-GPSKM6APYBDVVNQAY73BXKPEYY\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Body recovered close to North West 200 course\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746882909_39_YOKUMWXFHJAEFCPBOB7MKK3CI4.JPEG\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe fire is believed to be accidental.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Following the outbreak of \u201cextensive wildfires\u201d in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/clogher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/clogher\/\"> Clogher<\/a> area of Co Tyrone on Friday, two appliances remained at the Ballagh Road area on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe temperature reduced overnight which has helped the situation. Crews will continue to review the area over the next few days,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe are asking the public to remain vigilant to fires in the countryside, as the dry weather continues. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIf they see fire please dial 999 to ensure NIFRS are aware of the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Earlier t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/stop-before-someone-is-killed-minister-warns-risk-of-wildfires-remains-high-this-weekend-CUGZ3R6JTRH2LAQ43YIGQQRWS4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/stop-before-someone-is-killed-minister-warns-risk-of-wildfires-remains-high-this-weekend-CUGZ3R6JTRH2LAQ43YIGQQRWS4\/\">he Environment Minister Andrew Muir issued a warning to the public against wildfires, warning that carelessness could cost lives.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Firefighters attended a house fire in Downpatrick. Our Regional Controls Staff provided fire survival guidance to a man trapped inside. 3 appliances attended &amp; extinguished the fire. A member of the public acted quickly &amp; managed to get the man out of the property with a ladder. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RUtttDRukU\">pic.twitter.com\/RUtttDRukU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Northern Ireland Fire &amp; Rescue Service (@NIFRSOFFICIAL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NIFRSOFFICIAL\/status\/1921184515109589493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been rescued from a house fire in Downpatrick as crews continue to monitor a wildfire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[42736,42735,42734,7916,1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-90127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-county-down","9":"tag-county-tyrone","10":"tag-downpatrick","11":"tag-nifrs","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114483726015746408","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90127","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=90127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}