Person taken to hospital after Skerton flat fire

A person was taken to hospital following a fire at a block of flats in Lancaster.

Crews were called to an address on Mainway in Skerton shortly before midday yesterday (Saturday February 18).

Five fire engines from Lancaster, Bolton-le-Sands, Hornby, Fulwood, and Preston, along with an aerial ladder platform from Morecambe, attended the blaze, in a sixth floor flat.

Firefighters used two breathing apparatus, one jet, and a positive pressure ventilation unit to extinguish the fire.

One casualty was conveyed to the hospital by North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) paramedics.

Crews were in attendance for around an hour and a half.

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