People rescued from flat fire in Gorleston

Fire crews rescued residents from a blaze which broke out at a flat in Gorleston.

Appliances from Yarmouth, Gorleston and Acle were called to a flat fire on Magnolia Green at around 3.47pm on Thursday September 30. 

A singed window of the Magnolia Green flat in Gorleston. - Credit: Archant

Breathing apparatus and hose reel jets were used to extinguish the flames and occupants were rescued from two flats.

Some of the occupants were taken to the nearby hospital for smoke inhalation, but no one sustained serious or life-threatening injuries.

The burnt window of a flat in Magnolia Green, Gorleston where occupants had to be saved from two flats. - Credit: Archant

Two damaged windows on the side of the Gorleston flat in Magnolia Green. - Credit: Archant

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