Firefighters were called to a tumble dryer fire in at a property in Ellesmere.
Crews from Ellesmere, Oswestry and Wem were all called out to Ellesmere House on Sunday morning (October 20) after reports that a tumble dryer had caught fire.
When the crews arrived around 9am they were told that the fire was isolated to one part of the building and found that residents were safely separated from any danger.
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In a post online a spokesperson for Ellesmere Fire Station said: “At 08.54am on Sunday, we were mobilised to reports of a tumble dryer fire at Ellesmere House.
“On arrival, staff informed us that the fire was in a part of the building separated from residents, who were safe.
“Two crew members wearing Breathing Apparatus were deployed into the building, using a hosereel jet to extinguish the fire.
“A Thermal Image Camera ( TIC) was used to confirm all residual temperatures were normal once the fire was out, before the room was considered safe to hand back to staff.”
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