This property fire in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, was dealt with by 6 fire appliances and resulted in 3 casualties suffering from burns and smoke inhalation.
It is imperative that smoke alarms are fitted to enable occupants to safely make their escape if a fire takes hold. It is the smoke that kills and if everybody is safely out of a property then the firefighting crews can then deal with the fire in a controlled and strategic way.
I am unsure whether this was a single private domestic dwelling or whether it started in a flat and occupants had to be led to safety via the communal staircase.
If it was the latter, then a fire risk assessment should have been in place to protect that communal staircase and fire escape.
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