Man needed medical treatment after Wisbech flat fire

A man had to be treated for smoke inhalation following a fire at his flat in Wisbech on Boxing Day.

At 10.21pm on Sunday (26) crews from Wisbech and March, along with crews from West Walton and Outwell in Norfolk, were called to a fire on Awdry Drive in Wisbech.

Firefighters arrived to find a well-developed fire in a first floor flat in a mid-terraced building. Wearing breathing apparatus they extinguished the fire using a hose reel and returned to their stations by 1.15am.

A male casualty was treated for smoke inhalation at the scene and left in the care of ambulance crews.

The cause of the fire was accidental.