22/04/2009
Man Rescued From Bangor Blaze
There were two serious fires overnight, in one of which a firefighter was injured, while another saw a resident having to be rescued from his home.
The fireman was hurt while tackling a blaze in Co Londonderry.
The fire was at a bungalow on Gullnaduff Road in Maghera during the early hours of Wednesday and saw the premises being destroyed. According to the Station Commander at Cookstown, Mark Watson, the officer hurt his leg during the intense fire.
"He injured his ankle and was taken to hospital for a precautionary check up but he has been released now."
Meanwhile, the man was rescued from a house fire in Co Down.
The blaze started accidentally in a first floor bedroom of a house in Central Avenue, Bangor.
The man was uninjured, but five other people escaped from the building, with one of them needed treatment for smoke inhalation.
(BMcC/JM)
The fireman was hurt while tackling a blaze in Co Londonderry.
The fire was at a bungalow on Gullnaduff Road in Maghera during the early hours of Wednesday and saw the premises being destroyed. According to the Station Commander at Cookstown, Mark Watson, the officer hurt his leg during the intense fire.
"He injured his ankle and was taken to hospital for a precautionary check up but he has been released now."
Meanwhile, the man was rescued from a house fire in Co Down.
The blaze started accidentally in a first floor bedroom of a house in Central Avenue, Bangor.
The man was uninjured, but five other people escaped from the building, with one of them needed treatment for smoke inhalation.
(BMcC/JM)
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