Cause of fire at Hartlepool property identified after brigade investigation
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Firefighters were called to a property on Laburnum Street at 7.15am on Friday, October 15, after reports of a house fire.
Three engines from Billingham and Hartlepool attended the incident and crews used four breathing apparatus, two hose reels, thermal image camera and positive pressure ventilation to extinguish the blaze.
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Hide AdThe property was severely damaged, with 70% smoke damage to first floor, 80% smoke damage to front bedroom and 40% to remainder of property.
Fire crews left the scene at around 8.13am.
Cleveland Fire Brigade has investigated the cause and confirmed it was electrical.
The incident happened just hours after a man was injured while trying to escape a fire in a property in the town’s Lamberd Road.
Police, fire crews and the ambulance service all attended the incident and the man was taken to Stockton’s University Hospital of North Tees.